This is an analysis of Were My Bosom As False As Thou Deem'st It To Be by George Gordon Byron.

Were my bosom as false as thou deem'st it to be,
I need not have wander'd from far Galilee;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbb aaaa ccdd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 011011111000 11111001101 01110011001 01111001011 001101011001 001101111011 001111011111 11011101101 111111111101 101101101011 001011111101 01101111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

my, if, on, and

Anaphora

if