This is an analysis of The Reformer by Robert Laurence Binyon.
Hyde Park
August from a vault of hollow brass…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xabab bXbc dbdb ebeb fcfc bgbX eheh haha ihih gege Xbhb XaXa bdbd hhhh bjbj
- Stanza lengths: 5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11 100010101 101010101 1001011101 1000010101 101111001 100011100 100010101 10001100001 1010100101 100110101 101010101 100010101 100010101 1010101011 111011111 111001101 101010101 101100101 101110111 101110111 101110101 101110100 111111101 101010110 101000101 1001010001 101110001 1110010101 101110101 101000111 1010101001 101000101 101010001 111010101 101110101 101110101 111110011 011011101 011010001 0010101001 0110001100 101010111 1010100011 111110111 1001110010 101011101 101111101 001000100 100011101 101010101 101111011 101000111 001110101 101111101 110011101 111010101 110011111 111011101 111011101 101010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 15
- Lines: 61
Repeated words/phrases
of, his, empty, us
Anaphora
scarce, empty
