This is an analysis of The Children Dancing by Robert Laurence Binyon.

Away, sad thoughts, and teasing
Perplexities, away!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abababacXcacadadadebebebafafafghghgh
  • Stanza lengths: 36,
  • Metre: 0111110 100001 1101110 100111 1101110 110011 0101010 101101 1111100 100111 11011010 110001 1111010 110111 1101110 010101 1101010 010001 1101110 010101 1101010 111101 0111110 1101001 10110010 110011 1011010 010111 0101010 110111 1101010 010101 10111010 110101 11001110 110011
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 36

Repeated words/phrases

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