This is an analysis of When I Roved A Young Highlander by George Gordon Byron.
When I roved a young Highlander o'er the dark heath,
And climb'd thy steep sumrnit, oh Morven of snow!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb dedefbfb egegXbXb hchcfbfb iXihebebXcbcbebeb
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,17,
- Metre: 11100111010011 11111011001 01101011001 101001011001 100011001001 11101111001 11011011011 111111011001 101101111101 11011001001 111100101001 111101101101 11001111001 11111011011 11011111001 11011111101 101001011111 01001011001 11001001101 11101001001 11111101001 11101001011 1100111001 101011101011 11111111011 01011011011 101011111001 101101111001 11011101011 11001111001 111111111101 11011101001 111111101001 110011100010 111011001101 11011101011 11011101101 11001011001 11101101001 01101001011 101101101011 11011011001 111101101101 01001001111 01111111111 11101011001 11001011011 11011101101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
my, i, for, of
Anaphora
and, though
