This is an analysis of The Bereaved by Robert Laurence Binyon.
We grudged not those that were dearer than all we possessed,
Lovers, brothers, sons.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc cdXd XaXa Xcdc Xbbb Xbbb eeXe
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11011101011101 10101 1101110011 111101 011111001010 1111101 00111100101 1100111 10110111110 110101 010110101100 1100101 1110111101 11001001 1100100110110 00100101 111101011001 1101001 111100111111 00101101 11110010110 0101101 1010111100101 0111 1101010111 011101 101110110101 00100101 0110100111101 1011001 100110101011 0010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
we, to, of, love
