This is an analysis of The Bather by Robert Laurence Binyon.

Water, frolic water!
Drops in the dazzle of noon, drops divinely cold,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcdcaecebfcegahhacgigcajjfiXfcidXjc
  • Stanza lengths: 36,
  • Metre: 101010 100100110101 10011011111 11011100101 0101110111 101010 10010010 100100111 101100001110 110001 111100110101 10100111 010111 001101 101010 110100100101 11001110101 11101010010 101111 010101 100010 0100101 101101101001 101010 110111 11001 1100101 00100100100101 011011 10010100101 100101 1010010011010 01001011101 00010010001 11111010001 10100101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 36

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