Analysis of On Chillon
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind!
Brightest in dungeons, Liberty, thou art;
For there thy habitation is the heart—
The heart which love of thee alone can bind;
And when thy sons to fetters are consigned,
- To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom—
Their country conquers with their martyrdom,
And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind.
Chillon! thy prison is a holy place,
And thy sad floor and altar, for 'twas trod,
Until his very steps have left a trace,
Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod,
By Bonnivard.—May none those marks efface!
For they appeal from tyranny to God.
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Metre | 010101011 1001010011 111010101 0111110111 0111110101 110001111 1101011100 01011111001 111010101 0111010111 0111011101 1111110001 11111101 1101110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 595 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 462 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 105 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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