This is an analysis of To Byron by John Keats.

Byron! how sweetly sad thy melody!
Attuning still the soul to tenderness,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaabbaaXcdcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1011011100 1001010100 10110001001 11010111101 1101110001 100001011111 01011111 0011010100 1101010111 0111000101 1011110101 1111010101 1101011101 00101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14