This is an analysis of A Sketch by George Gordon Byron.
Born in the garret, in the kitchen bred,
Promoted thence to deck her mistress' head;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXbccbbddeeffggbbccaaffhhhhiijjiiaa kkcc llaaXfggaaeegXeeggXkffhhaaffeeaaXaaadd bbiihhbbaabbbbaaccddccddXg
- Stanza lengths: 36,4,38,26,
- Metre: 1001000101 0101010101 11110101000 1001010001 1001000101 01001010101 0101110101 1101011101 1001110001 01010111001 1111010101 11010100100 1101011111 1101110101 1011010011 11001010101 1111010001 1111110101 1101010111 0101110001 1101011101 110011100111 0101110101 0101010101 1101010011 110010001001 1101110101 11010101011 1101111101 1101110011 01001000111 1101110001 1111011101 1111101001 1011110101 1101011101 1001110111 0101000101 1101010111 1101011101 0101110101 0101010101 0101011111 1101000101 110010110010 0101000100 0101110111 1011010111 0101000111 1101011011 1101010101 0101010111 01010100111 1101000101 1101010101 0101010001 11001011101 0101000101 01110101010 01010111010 0101011001 1011011111 0011010101 0101011101 1101000101 1001111101 10101010101 1101000101 1101010111 0101001111 1101010101 1001000101 110101011000 1011111001 11010010011 0101110111 0111100101 11010100111 1101010101 1101010111 0111110111 1111111001 1111110101 1111001001 10110110101 1111000101 1110110001 1100101011 111111001 1110110101 11110100001 11110001001 1111010101 01010101111 11111101001 1111010101 1001111101 101110111001 1101111111 0011001111 11110101001 0110111111 01010110110 11000010000
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 104
Repeated words/phrases
she, not, nor, if, her, with, of, thy
Anaphora
nor, if, a, this
