This is an analysis of To The Countess Of Blessington by George Gordon Byron.

You have ask'd for a verse:--the request
In a rhymer 'twere strange to deny;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd Xefe ghgh fifi
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 111101001 001011001 111001111 111001011 011111111 11011011 101101111 101011111 1110111110 101011001 111111001 111011111 11011010 11101111 110101001 101011111 101101001 01111101 11011011 01111001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

my, i