This is an analysis of The Destroyer by Robert Laurence Binyon.
He stands on high in the torch--glare,
With planted feet, with lifted axe.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eeee bdbd XfXf
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11110011 01010101 010101001 0101111011 11010111 01010111 11010101 11010001 01110101 01011101 100010101 01110101 100100101 11010101 10010101 00110101 1101010 111100010 11000101 0010101010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
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