This is an analysis of Lines Written Beneath A Picture by George Gordon Byron.

Dear object of defeated care!
Though now of Love and thee bereft,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd X
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,1,
  • Metre: 11000101 11011101 01011001 110110111 11010111 10111101 11010011 11000101 1010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 9