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

When we said ``I am thine'' and ``I am thine,''
We were as children crying a delight…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbaccbbdXeeddXfdXbbbfggddXhh
  • Stanza lengths: 30,
  • Metre: 111111011110 1011010001 110101 110101 0011000111 110100111 11011101 1111110101 11110101 11011101 01110010 0011001101 1110110101 11110011011 1111011111 0101111100 1101010100 1011110011 1101110100 1101011 1111110111 10001010111 1111111111 1101010101 111101 1101100111 110100 0111010100 1111100101 1011110100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

our, and