This is an analysis of Trafalgar Square by Robert Laurence Binyon.
Slowly the dawn a magic paleness drew
From windows dim; the Pillar high in air…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab XcXX defe adad bcbc XdXd gbgb fhfh cdcd eiei caca igig Xaha djdj
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 10010101001 0101010101 1011111101 0111010101 111110100 1001010101 1101010110 110101001000 1101010001 1100110101 1100110101 1111010001 1101110101 1011010101 0111010011 0001011111 1111011111 00010010111 0101010001 0011111111 1111010100 0011010100 0110011110 1010010001 0101111101 0101010101 0100110101 0111010101 0111100101 1001001101 1001011101 010011001001 1111101111 1001111111 1100110011 11000010111 1101010101 0101010101 0101010101 01010101001 1111111001 1101111111 1111011101 0111000101 0100110111 1011001010001 0111101101 0101110111 1101110101 10111101001 10010011001 1101000101 10010011001 1011011011 1001110101 1001101101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 14
- Lines: 56
Repeated words/phrases
and, her, she, had, to, i
Anaphora
and