This is an analysis of The Wharf On Thames—side; Winter Dawn by Robert Laurence Binyon.
Day begins cold and misty on soiled snow
That frost has ridged and crusted. Sound of steps…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabcdeXfgbXhhfcibhecXaXebdbjebekafgXkdhXafabfaa ahejfegihfbhccflXadjkeefelaefhdhhe
- Stanza lengths: 47,34,
- Metre: 1011110111 1111110101 1101010001 0111010111 00110101011 01110010101 10111010101 0101011101 10011101001 01001101001 1111010111 1001010101 1101001111 10101010101 1001010101 1100011111 1001010111 1101010011 1101010011 1001001101 1011100111 1011111101 1101010111 1011101101 10111011001 01001010111 10110100011 11010001001 1101010101 1111111100 0101010111 1011111101 0101101101 0101010101 1101010101 11010101100 10111111101 01010100101 0101111011 11011001010 0101001111 111101011001 01110011101 1011001111 0101010111 1111111111 100100110011 100100100101 1101010111 0111010001 11010100101 1000100011101 1111001101 01110101100 001011100101 101010101001 1111011001 0011110101 1111011101 10110011010 0101110111 0101011111 110010101001 0111010111 01010101011 11010100111 01000010101 1010010101 110111000010 0011101101 1011010101 10011101001 1001001101 0101010101 11010100011 1010100100101 0101110100 0001010101 101000010101 1100110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 80
Repeated words/phrases
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