This is an analysis of Pricking Thorns by Robert Laurence Binyon.

My spirit to--day that sprang
To meet the laughing morn…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbacdcd ceecfgfg fccfhihi
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1100111 010101 010101 110101 110111 1001010 101101 01010 111101 100111 1100101 010101 110111 1101011 100101 1011 101101 111101 1111001 010101 011101 011111 1101101 1011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24