This is an analysis of Our Tree Has Flowers by Robert Laurence Binyon.

We have planted a tree,
And behold, it has flowers.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc Xaba
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 111001 1010110 11011 111101 111011 101001 110110 01101 101101 11111 011010 11111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12