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

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcXc defe bfgf hgig XXhhh hjdj ihXh hgdg Xedgd dded cXhd XbebXagig
  • Stanza lengths: 5,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,5,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 1 10011 100101 010111 0101001 1101011 10101 1101001 111011 111101 111101 1110101 0011001 011011 011001 111001 111101 1 110011 11011 111001 011101 010101 101011 10101001 011101 1011001 001101 1010110 10011 1101111 010111 101101 111101 1 110101 11101 0101110 010111 110111 110111 111111 110101 1100101 1011000 10111 0100100 0010011 111111 0010011 010111 111101 111101 11110 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 13
  • Lines: 57

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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