Analysis of To Woman
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
Woman! experience might have told me,
That all must love thee who behold thee:
Surely experience might have taught
Thy firmest promises are nought:
But, placed in all thy charms before me,
All I forget, but to adore thee.
Oh memory! Thou choicest blessing
When join'd with hope, when still possessing;
But how much cursed by every lover
When hope is fled and passion's over.
Woman, that fair and fond deceiver,
How throbs the pulse when first we view
The eye that rolls in glossy blue,
Or sparkles black, or mildly throws
A beam from under hazel brows!
How quick we credit every oath,
And hear her plight the willing troth!
Fondly we hope't will last for aye,
When, lo! she changes in a day.
This record will for ever stand,
'Woman, thy vows are traced in sand.'
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001001111 111111011 100100111 11010011 110111011 110111011 110011010 111111010 1111110010 11110110 1011011 11011111 01110101 11011101 01110101 111101001 01010101 101111111 11110001 10111101 10111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 750 |
Words | 141 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 21 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 594 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 138 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 25, 2023
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