This is an analysis of The Spell Is Broke, The Charm Is Flown! by George Gordon Byron.

The spell is broke; the charm is flown!
Thus is it with life's fitful fever:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaX cbcb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 01010101 100011010 11011111 0100011100 11010001 010101010 11111111 111111010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8