This is an analysis of Past And Future by Robert Laurence Binyon.
Past is the past! But no, it is not past,
In us, in us, it quickens, wants, aspires;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab caca XdXdXdd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,7,
- Metre: 1001110011 01010101010 1111001111 01010101010 0101011101 1101010100 11010000111 0100100100101 1101111000 1101010101 1110111101 0101001101 1101111110 1111011111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
past
