This is an analysis of Seven Years by Robert Laurence Binyon.

Seven years have flown like seven days,
Like seven days of shining weather,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 100111101 110101010 11010101 111101010 01010101 111101110 00111101 110101010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

seven