This is an analysis of The Disobedient Heart by Robert Laurence Binyon.

Stern Power, whose heavy hand I feel,
Whose infinite, world--urging force,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 110110111 11001101 11011101 010001001 10110111 10010100 01010011 11010111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8