Analysis of Lines To A Lady Weeping
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
Weep, daughter of a royal line,
A Sire's disgrace, a realm's decay;
Ah! happy if each tear of thine
Could wash a father's fault away!
Weep--for thy tears are Virtue's tears
Auspicious to these suffering isles;
And be each drop in future years
Repaid thee by thy people's smiles!
Scheme | ABAB XCXC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11010101 01010101 11011111 11010101 1111111 010111001 01110101 01111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 283 |
Words | 51 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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