This is an analysis of To Goethe by Robert Laurence Binyon.

Goethe, who saw and who foretold
A world revealed…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa abab cdcd efef gcgc eaea ahah ijijXbhbh
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 1111101 0101 11000101 1101 11010101 01001 010111010 1001 011101001 1111 11010101 1111 11010001 1101 01011101 1101 01110111 0111 11011101 0101 01011101 1101 11010101 1101 11010101 0111 01010101 1011 11010111 1111 01000101 1101 01000111 0101 1001100101 0111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 36

Repeated words/phrases

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