This is an analysis of The Dryad by Robert Laurence Binyon.
What has the ilex heard,
What has the laurel seen,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbccddddd aaeXaebfbgfg fafaaffggggX fhbfbhijikjk lldfdfbbbbmffggffgn dddidikikkiaaiXiiii imgigconodnd
- Stanza lengths: 12,12,12,12,19,19,12,
- Metre: 110101 110101 1011001111 110101 1101110011 1111110101 10111 010001 1001110111 1100010111 1111010101 110101 1111000101 11011111001 0101010001 1101110 111111 0111010011 0111010101 1111111101 1101010101 1111110111 1101111111 1101011111 110101 1100001 1011011101 010011 1101111101 01001110101 11101 10101 11001110101 10100011101 1101110101 110110 1001010101 1001010101 1111011101 110101 101101 1111111101 0101010001 0111011101 1101110101 1100011111 10110100111 11011101111 1101010111 101100010001 1111011101 1001010001 1111010101 011101 10011100101 1101000101 1111010101 11001101101 1011010100 1101110011 111101 0111010101 1011000101 110101 1011010001 01111100101 11110010110110 1111010111 0011010111 1110000101 0101010101 1110010011 110001 1101010101 0101010001 111101001001 1110110101 1101001111 1101011111 100101 1101111001 100010001100 100111 0111011101 0111000101 1000101111101 1101010001 1100011100 1111001011 100011 0100101 1111001101 1111011111 11011111110 1001110101 11011101001 11000110010 0111010001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 98
Repeated words/phrases
what, of, thou, and, she
Anaphora
what, of, and
