This is an analysis of Stray Seed by Robert Laurence Binyon.

A far look in absorbed eyes, unaware
Of what some gazer thrills to gather there;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaccdddXeeffcXbX
  • Stanza lengths: 22,
  • Metre: 0110011101 0111010101 1011000101 11011101001 11011011001 0101100111 11011101111 0101110111 1111001011 01001011011 1111100101 1101010101 1100100101 11001000110 1100010011 1001010101 0101000101 0001010101 0110111111 11010110110 1011010101 011111101100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 22

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