This is an analysis of Nightfall by Robert Laurence Binyon.

Sweet after labour, soft and whispering night
Blows on dark fields and fragrant country here:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd dede dfdf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11011111001 1111110101 1101010101 0101010111 0101011111 1101100101 1100110101 10111001001 10111101001 1001010101 0111010101 10110110101 1011110111 1111010101 1011011101 1101000111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

the

Anadiplosis

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