Analysis of To The Author Of A Sonnet, Beginning, '
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
Thy verse is 'sad' enough, no doubt:
A devilish deal more sad than witty!
Why we should weep I can't find out,
Unless for thee we weep in pity.
Yet there is one I pity more;
And much, alas! I think he needs it;
For he, I'm sure, will suffer sore,
Who, to his own misfortune, reads it.
Thy rhymes, without the aid of magic,
May once be read - but never after:
Yet their effect's by no means tragic,
Although by far too dull for laughter.
But would you make our bosoms bleed,
And of no common pang complain -
If you would make us weep indeed,
Tell us, you'll read them o'er again.
March 8, 1807
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GXGX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111 010111110 11111111 011111010 11111101 010111111 11111101 111101011 110101110 111111010 11111110 11111110 11111011 01110101 11111101 111111001 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 585 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 06, 2023
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