This is an analysis of Lines Written In An Album, At Malta by George Gordon Byron.

As o'er the cold sepulchral stone
Some name arrests the passer-by;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd X
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,1,
  • Metre: 110011001 11010101 11110101 11011101 11111101 01010101 01111101 11110101 01011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 9