This is an analysis of I Would I Were A Careless Child by George Gordon Byron.
I would I were a careless child,
Still dwelling in my highland cave,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababacac dadabebe cfcfghgh iaiacccc djdjkgkg kckcikik iaiailil
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 11100101 11001101 11010101 110100111 01010101 01100101 11010101 11011101 10111101 11010101 11010101 11011101 11010111 11010101 11100101 11111101 11101111 01110111 11110101 010111100 11100101 01010101 110001101 01100110 11111111 11110111 11010101 11010111 110101001 01010101 110101001 01010101 11010101 111111110 11110111 0100001010 11010101 00110101 11010111 11010101 11010101 11110011 11101101 110110101 01011101 01010101 01110101 11011101 11110101 11011111 110100101 11110101 110101010 11010001 111101010 01011011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 56
Repeated words/phrases
my, to
Anaphora
or, i
