Analysis of A Fragment: When, To Their Airy Hall
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
When, to their airy hall, my father's voice
Shall call my spirit, joyful in their choice;
When, poised upon the gale, my form shall ride,
Or, dark in mist, descend the mountains side;
Oh! may my shade behold no sculptured urns,
To mark the spot where earth to earth returns!
No lengthen'd scroll, no praise-encumber'd stone;
My epitaph shall be my name alone:
If that with honour fail to crown my clay,
Oh! may no other fame my deeds repay!
That, only that, shall single out the spot;
By that remember'd, or with that forgot.
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Metre | 1111011101 1111010011 1101011111 1101010101 1111011101 1101111101 1101110101 110111101 111111111 1111011101 1101110101 1101011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 522 |
Words | 97 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 402 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 95 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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