This is an analysis of To A Lady by George Gordon Byron.
O! had my Fate been join'd with thine,
As once this pledge appear'd a token,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bXbX cdcd efef agag hehe iiii jjjj jeje ikik ldld
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11110101 110101010 11011101 111111010 01110111 010111100 11111111 110101010 11111111 1101010110 11111101 011101010 01011101 110101011 11110101 111111011 11110101 111111010 11010101 010101010 11110101 111100011 111100111 111110011 11010100 0100101010 11011101 110101010 01111101 011101010 01010111 110101010 11010111 110101011 11110101 110110011 11111101 011111010 01011101 110111010 110010101 0101001010 11110111 011111110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
been, had, to, thee, these
Anaphora
to, these