This is an analysis of On The Castle Of Chillon by George Gordon Byron.

Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind!
Brightest in dungeons, Liberty, thou art;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccadadada
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101000101 1001010011 1111010001 0111010111 1111010101 0101011101 1101001100 11011111001 1011000101 1111110111 0101011101 1101110001 1100111101 1101010001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

and, thy