This is an analysis of Farewell! If Ever Fondest Prayer by George Gordon Byron.

Farewell! if ever fondest prayer
For other's weal avail'd on high,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbc bdbddcdc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 11010101 11010111 10110101 11110101 11010101 11110111 11010101 10111111 11111111 10111011 01011111 01111101 11111101 11110110 11011101 11011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

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