This is an analysis of The Elm by Robert Laurence Binyon.
O that I had a tongue, that could express
Half of that peace thou ownest, darkling Tree!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbccdXd ededffcfX dadaddXdb dcdcddede egeghhihi
- Stanza lengths: 9,9,9,9,9,
- Metre: 1111011101 1011110101 0101000100 1111110101 110101 1111010101 11010101001 10010011110 1101010101 1101110111 01001010101 1111011101 0111110101 010101 1101010111 1101101101 0111010101 1101110100 1101010011 1111111101 1101111101 1001000100 010111 1001111101 10010100100 1011011101 1111011101 0101110011 1011010111 1110100101 1101000101 010011 1101010101 11010101001 1111111101 10110100101 11010101001 1101011111 1101110101 11111100101 110111 1101010101 1111010101 0111111111 1000011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 45
Repeated words/phrases
that, and, you
Anaphora
and
