This is an analysis of To-- : From The French by George Gordon Byron.

Must thou go, my glorious Chief,
Sever'd from thy faithful few?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd cbcbecec fdfddXdX ghghiiii bhbhejej
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 11111001 1001101 1111101 100101101 1011101 1111001 1110111 0010111 1000101 10111001 1010101 1011111 1111011 1110111 1110111 1011111 1110101 10101101 1010101 1110101 1011111 1110101 1110101 1011110 1010001 1110101 0011101 0010101 01101001 1110101 1110011 1111111 11111101 1001101 1001101 1011101 1110001 10010111 1010101 01011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

my, his

Anaphora

never