This is an analysis of Solitude by Robert Laurence Binyon.

The stag that lifted up his kingly head
Upon the silent mountains, and from far…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcXaXdaXeffcfaafaebdeXedXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 28,
  • Metre: 0111010101 0101010101 0111010011 01010011000 1101001111 1101100101 0101000101 0100010111 1101110101 1101010001 10110100111 11000111100 1111110101 1001110100 01010100101 11111000011 1101011101 00010011101 0111010001 1100001101 0111010101 1101110001 0111010011 10010010111 0101110101 11110010101 1000111001 1101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 28