Analysis of I would to heaven that I were so much clay
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
I would to heaven that I were so much clay,
As I am blood, bone, marrow, passion, feeling -
Because at least the past were passed away -
And for the future - (but I write this reeling,
Having got drunk exceedingly today,
So that I seem to stand upon the ceiling)
I say - the future is a serious matter -
And so - for God's sake - hock and soda water!
Scheme | ABABABCC |
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Poetic Form | Ottava rima |
Metre | 11110110111 11111101010 0111010101 01010111110 1011010001 11111101010 110101010010 01111101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 358 |
Words | 75 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 260 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 04, 2023
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