This is an analysis of Sonnet - To Genevra by George Gordon Byron.

Thy cheek is pale with thought, but not from woe,
And yet so lovely, that if Mirth could flush…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101011101 1111010111 0101000101 1111011101 1101111111 1101010101 1001110101 11011110101 11111101010 0101010100 11010001010 01111100101 11110001010 1101110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14