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

The long road lures across the hill,
Divides the brown fields and the green,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01110101 01011101 11111101 11000101 11110111 11011101 01111101 110010111 11111111 10011101 11110111 11110001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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