Analysis of Francisca
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
Francisca walks in the shadow of night,
But it is not to gaze on the heavenly light -
But if she sits in her garden bower,
'Tis not for the sake of its blowing flower.
She listens - but not for the nightingale -
Though her ear expects as soft a tale.
There winds a step through the foliage thick,
And her cheek grows pale, and her heart beats quick.
There whispers a voice thro' the rustling leaves;
A moment more and they shall meet -
'Tis past - her lover's at her feet.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1100111 111111101001 1111001010 11101111010 1101110100 101011101 110110101 0011100111 1100110101 01010111 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 480 |
Words | 96 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 361 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 94 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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