This is an analysis of Sonnet To George The Fourth, On The Repeal Of Lord Edward Fitzgerald's Forfeiture by George Gordon Byron.

To be the father of the fatherless,
To stretch the hand from the throne's height, and raise…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabaacdacda
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0001000100 01010010111 0111010101 01110110101 0000011101 100010001 0111111011 1111010101 0011011111 0110010100 0100110111 1100111101 0101111101 1101111001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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