This is an analysis of A Poet Leaving Athens by Walter Savage Landor.
Speak not too ill of me, Athenian friends!
Nor ye, Athenian sages, speak too ill!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbXcdcXaXaefebXfbdeXX
- Stanza lengths: 22,
- Metre: 11110101001 11010010111 0100111101 1111111101 1011011011 0010001101 1111010111 10010101100 0100110101 1101110111 1011010101 1101110111 1111011101 1101010101 1010011101 0101010101 1111010101 0110110101 0111110101 1101110001 1110110111 11111000101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 22
