This is an analysis of Psyche by Robert Laurence Binyon.
She is not fair, as some are fair,
Cold as the snow, as sunshine gay:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbacdcd dbedffff aggafhfh gaagijij kddkabae illijaja dhhdmnmn ohhogbge
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 10111111 11011111 10111111 11011111 11010101 110100101 10010111 01010101 11111101 11011111 10010100 01010101 11011101 100111101 11010001 11110111 01110101 00111101 11010101 11010101 10110101 110101001 01001111 10010101 11110101 11010011 01111011 11111111 11010101 11010001 10010101 01010101 11110111 11110001 01010111 01010001 11010101 11110111 01011111 10110100 11010001 100110111 11010101 10110111 01010001 00110101 01010101 110111001 01011101 100110111 11111111 10100101 11011101 11110100 100101001 110101001 11110001 11010101 110010011 11111101 1101001001 01101111 100001111 01100100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 64
Repeated words/phrases
as, her, i, and
Anaphora
and, the