This is an analysis of Impromptu, In Reply To A Friend by George Gordon Byron.

When, from the heart where Sorrow sits,
Her dusky shadow mounts too high,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 10011101 01011111 110010111 11011101 11111111 11110111 101101001 11011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Anaphora

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