Analysis of There Was A Time, I Need Not Name
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
There was a time, I need not name,
Since it will ne'er forgotten be,
When all our feelings were the same
As still my soul hath been to thee.
And from that hour when first thy tongue
Confess'd a love which equall'd mine,
Though many a grief my heart hath wrung,
Unknown, and thus unfelt, by thine,
None, none hath sunk so deep as this---
To think how all that love hath flown;
Transient as every faithless kiss,
But transient in thy breast alone.
And yet my heart some solace knew,
When late I heard thy lips declare,
In accents once imagined true,
Remembrance of the days that were.
Yes! my adored, yet most unkind!
Though thou wilt never love again,
To me 'tis doubly sweet to find
Remembrance of that love remain.
Yes! 'tis a glorious thought to me,
Nor longer shall my soul repine,
Whate'er thou art or e'er shalt be,
Thou hast been dearly, solely mine.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GXGX HXHX BDBD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 11011111 11110101 111010001 11111111 011101111 0101111 110011111 0101111 11111111 11111111 10110011 11001101 01111101 11111101 01010101 01010110 11011101 11110101 11110111 01011101 110100111 1101111 101111011 111101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 877 |
Words | 161 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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