Analysis of Maid Of Athens, Ere We Part
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
Maid of Athens, ere we part,
Give, oh give me back my heart!
Or, since that has left my breast,
Keep it now, and take the rest!
Hear my vow before I go,
Zoë mou, sas agapo!
By those tresses unconfined,
Wood by each Ægean wind;
By those lids whose jetty fringe
Kiss thy soft cheeks' blooming tinge;
By those wild eyes like the roe,
Zoë mou, sas agapo!
By that lip I long to taste;
By that zone encircled waist;
By all the token-flowers that tell
What words can never speak so well;
By love's alternate joy and woe.
Zoë mou, sas agapo!
Maid of Athens! I am gone:
Think of me, sweet! when alone.
Though I fly to Istambol,
Athens holds my heart and soul:
Can I cease to love thee? No!
Zoë mou, sas agapo!
Scheme | aabbcD eeffcD gghhcD xxhxcD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111 1111111 1111111 1110101 1110111 1111 111001 11111 1111101 1111101 1111101 1111 1111111 1110101 110101011 11110111 11100101 1111 1110111 1111101 11111 1011101 1111111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 692 |
Words | 140 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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