This is an analysis of To Goethe 21 by Robert Laurence Binyon.

Will they blot also out your name
Because you praise…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a ba b c dc d d ed e f gf g h ehXe
  • Stanza lengths: 1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,4,
  • Metre: 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: 15
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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