This is an analysis of To A Lady, Who Presented The Author With The Velvet Band Which Bound Her Tresses by George Gordon Byron.
This Band, which bound thy yellow hair,
Is mine, sweet girl! Thy pledge of love;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gggg hihiXgggg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 01111101 01111101 01110101 11010101 11010111 11110101 010110101 11000101 01110011 01110110 11110101 11010101 00011101 101111101 01010101 110010101 11010101 01010101 10111111 11111101 11010101 01011111 11110101 010100101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
