This is an analysis of To A Lady, On Being Asked My Reasons For Quitting England In The Spring by George Gordon Byron.
When Man, expell'd from Eden's bowers,
A moment linger'd near the gate,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab acac dede aeXe X
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,1,
- Metre: 110101010 01010101 110101010 11110101 110011101 11010101 11010101 110100101 11000001 11111111 11110101 11111101 01110101 01001001 11011101 01010101 01011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 17
Repeated words/phrases
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