This is an analysis of Sonnet: Ypres by Robert Laurence Binyon.
She was a city of patience; of proud name,
Dimmed by neglecting Time; of beauty and loss;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdeecd
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 11010010011 11010101011 0101000101 1101010101 10001010111 10101010011 010100101001 1110010101 101100101101 0011010001 11010000101 1111011101 0101100010101 1011111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
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