Analysis of From The Last Hill That Looks On Thy Once Holy Dome
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
I.
From the last hill that looks on thy once holy dome,
I beheld thee, Oh Sion! when rendered to Rome:
'Twas thy last sun went down, and the flames of thy fall
Flash'd back on the last glance I gave to thy wall.
II.
I look'd for thy temple, I look'd for my home,
And forgot for a moment my bondage to come;
I beheld but the death-fire that fed on thy fane,
And the fast-fetter'd hands that made vengeance in vain.
III.
Oh many an eve, the high spot whence I gazed
Had reflected the last beam of day as it blazed;
While I stood on the height, and beheld the decline
Of the rays from the mountain that shone on thy shrine.
IV.
And now on that mountain I stood on that day,
But I marked not the twilight beam melting away;
Oh! would that the lightning had glared in its stead,
And the thunderbolt burst on the conqueror's head!
V.
But the Gods of the Pagan shall never profane
The shrine where Jehovah disdain'd not to reign;
And scattered and scorn'd as thy people may be,
Our worship, oh Father! is only for thee.
Scheme | ABBCC ABXDD AEEFF GHHII GDDJJ |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (24%) |
Metre | 1 101111111101 1111111011 111111001111 11101111111 1 11111011111 001101011011 111011011111 001101111001 1 11011011111 101001111111 11110101001 101101011111 1 01111011111 11110111001 11101011011 00101101001 1 101101011001 01101001111 01001111011 101011011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,015 |
Words | 200 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 155 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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