This is an analysis of My Soul Is Dark by George Gordon Byron.

My soul is dark - Oh! quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbc dedeeaea
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 11011101 01111101 11110101 010101011 00010101 11110101 00111101 11110111 11010111 11110101 11110111 11010101 10101101 11010101 11110101 11111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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