Analysis of Lines Written On A Blank Leaf Of 'The Pleasures Of Memory'
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
Absent or present, still to thee,
My friend, what magic spells belong!
As all can tell, who share, like me,
In turn thy converse and thy song.
But when the dreaded hour shall come
By Friendship ever deem'd too nigh,
And `MEMORY' o'er her Druid's tomb
Shall weep that aught of thee can die,
How fondly will she then repay
Thy homage offer'd at her shrine, to
And blend, while ages roll away,
Her name immortally with thine!
April 19, 1812
Scheme | ABAB XCXC DXDX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110111 11110101 11111111 01110011 110101011 11010111 0110011 11111111 11011101 110101011 01110101 01111 10 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 433 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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