This is an analysis of On The Death Of A Young Lady by George Gordon Byron.

Cousin to the Author, and very dear to him
Hush'd are the winds, and still the evening gloom,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a abab cdcd efef gcgc hghg ijij
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 100010110101 1101110101 11001010101 11010111001 1101010111 0101010101 1111110101 0101010101 1111010101 1111010101 11001010101 1101010101 1101010101 11001010101 0111010101 11010100110 11010100101 110100101001 1101010001 1111010111 1101001101 1001001101 11010001101 1111111001 1011011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 27

Repeated words/phrases

to, her

Anaphora

not, and, yet, still