This is an analysis of Adrian's Address To His Soul When Dying by George Gordon Byron.

Ah! gentle, fleeting, wav'ring sprite,
Friend and associate of this clay!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcabc XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,5,
  • Metre: 11010101 110100001 0101101 11111101 11010101 11010101 1000100100 1010100 11100010 1000100100 1111010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 11