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

In a patch of baked earth
At the crumbled cliff's brink,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcdc eebe eeXe Xede
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 001011 101011 1010010 11011 01011 01111 110010 11011 11101 11011 11001 011101 110011 101001 110111 01001 0011110 01101 011010 01011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Anaphora

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