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

Huge through the darkened street
The Dray comes, rolling an uneven thunder…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cece ffff bgXg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 110101 01110101010 011101 01010101010 111101 11001010101 1100101 1101000101 0101001 1100010111 100101 0101010011 111111 0101011001 1010011 1001011101 111100 1111110101 101101 11010101001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20