This is an analysis of To Thyrza by George Gordon Byron.
Without a stone to mark the spot,
And say, what Truth might well have said,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eXef caca gcgc ghXh cici bbbb bXbg fXfd jhjh kdkd fgfg cdcd X
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,
- Metre: 01010101 11111111 11110101 110011101 1100111001 010101001 01010101 01111101 10100101 110111010 11110101 01011101 11111111 01011101 11111111 11111001 11111111 11011101 011101101 11010101 11111111 11010101 100111010 11111111 111111001 010101010 11110101 100100101 11011101 01111101 01010111 01000101 01110101 11110110 11011101 101010111 01111001 11011010 01010011 11010111 01111101 11011111 11110101 11010111 11110111 01011101 01010001 11111101 10011110 11010101 01110011 01101101 11110111 010101010 11111101 011111010 01011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 15
- Lines: 57
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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Anadiplosis
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