This is an analysis of Nature by Robert Laurence Binyon.

Because out of corruption burns the rose,
And to corruption lovely cheeks descend;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeaeXcc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,7,
  • Metre: 0110010101 1001010101 0100111101 0111110111 11010010100 0101000101 10110011101 1101101101 1111010101 1011010101 1000111101 1001010101 0111110101 1011010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 14