Analysis of Stanzas Written In Passing The Ambracian Gulf
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
Through cloudless skies, in silvery sheen,
Full beams the moon on Actium's coast:
And on these waves for Egypt's queen,
The ancient world was won and lost.
And now upon the scene I look,
The azure grave of many a Roman;
Where stem Ambition once forsook
His wavering crown to follow woman.
Florence! whom I will love as well
As ever yet was said or sung
(Since Orpheus sang his spouse from hell),
Whilst thou art fair and I am young;
Sweet Florence! those were pleasant times;
When worlds were staked for ladies'
Had bards as many realms as rhymes;
Thy charms might raise new Antonies.
Though Fate forbids such things to be
Yet, by thine eyes and ringlets curl'd!
I cannot lose a world for thee,
But would not lose thee for a world.
Scheme | AXAX BCBC DEDE FXFF GHGH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (35%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 110101001 1101111 01111101 01011101 01010111 0101110010 11010101 1100111010 10111111 11011111 110011111 11110111 11010101 1101110 11110111 111111 11011111 1111011 11010111 11111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 721 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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