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

If I could sing the song of her
Who makes my heart to sing;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cddd XdcdXdbdb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,9,
  • Metre: 01110100 111101 01110101 010100 111001001 110101 01011100 0110101 01010001 110111 01011101 111101 11111101 110011 011111001 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16