This is an analysis of The New World by Robert Laurence Binyon.

To the People of the United States
Now is the time of the splendour of Youth and Death.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcdcdbefXe ghghgghXXX ffififeffe geegeejiij hieXahbddb ifjfijijjiXdahahdedde
  • Stanza lengths: 11,10,10,10,10,21,
  • Metre: 0010000101 100100100111 01001110111 001001001001001 1100101 01010011101 11110100101 0111010101 001011100101 0010001011110 1111011111 10010011101 11010101101 10011111011 100111 11011111101 001001011111 111101001001 1101110110 0111010110 10011110110 1001001111001 1001101101 0101010101 110111 100101100101 1110001101 010010110101 11000011101 10101101111 11010100101 11011101001 1010101001001 0101011101 1010101 11011000111 10010100001 1101110111 0010010110101 1101110111 1001011110 1111011011 01111110001 1111001101001 10101101 00101110101 11111101101 001010010101 111101010010 01000101110 10011111101 1001110111 10101010011 10111010101 00100101 10010010101 11011010101 0010010101001 01001011111 10110101111 11110100101 11110011101 010010100111 01111111001 110111 1101010001 1001010111 101011101100 1111010111 10010111001 10011100101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 71

Repeated words/phrases

of, you, and, to

Anaphora

the, in