This is an analysis of The Chain I Gave: From The Turkish by George Gordon Byron.

The chain I gave was fair to view,
The lute I added sweet in sound;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef bgbg ahah
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01111101 01110101 01110111 11010101 11011101 11010001 11111101 01111101 111101001 11010101 11111111 01010101 11101101 01110001 11110101 10010101 11111101 01010101 11001101 11111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Anaphora

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