This is an analysis of A Spirit Passed Before Me [from Job] by George Gordon Byron.

A spirit passed before me: I beheld
The face of immortality unveiled--…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabb XXcccX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 0101011110 0101010001 11111100111 1101110101 0111010101 1111110101 1111110111 11111010100 1001110001 0101111111 1001110101 1011010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12