This is an analysis of Walnut—leaf Scent by Robert Laurence Binyon.

In the high leaves of a walnut,
On the very topmost boughs,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XbXb XXaX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 00110011 1010101 01110101 010111 10101111 1101011 0101110 011001 101011010 10100101 011101111 0011110 00111111 111111 01011111 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

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