This is an analysis of Sudden Joy by Robert Laurence Binyon.

O what magic shall compare
Of the fresh earth or bright air…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddcccc
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 1110101 0011111 0011101 1111111 10111001 1100001 1010111 10100101 1010111 0110101 1010111 01010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12