This is an analysis of To The End by Robert Laurence Binyon.

Because the storm has stript us bare
Of all things but the thing we are,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbc ddeec bbffc
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,
  • Metre: 01011111 01110111 011101011 111100101 0101110111 01111101 10010101 11010001 01000111 0111110111 01110101 11110101 11000101 01010111 0111010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 15

Anaphora

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