This is an analysis of To The Author Of A Sonnet, Beginning, ' by George Gordon Byron.
Thy verse is 'sad' enough, no doubt:
A devilish deal more sad than witty!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede fgfg X
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,1,
- Metre: 11010111 010111110 11111111 011111010 11011101 110111110 11010101 100101010 110101010 110111010 111011110 111111110 11111101 10110101 01111101 111101001 111
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 17
