This is an analysis of To M by George Gordon Byron.

Oh! did those eyes, instead of fire,
With bright, but mild affection shine:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ebeb fgfg hghg cbcbXhchc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 101101010 01110101 111101010 11110101 111111001 100111101 11011101 11010101 11011101 11010011 11110111 01111111 11010101 11010101 11010101 01110101 11010101 110001001 11010101 11111101 11110001 010101010 11110111 111111010 10111101 11011101 101110101 11010111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28