Analysis of Adrian's Address To His Soul When Dying
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
Ah! gentle, fleeting, wav'ring sprite,
Friend and associate of this clay!
To what unknown region borne,
Wilt thou now wing thy distant flight?
No more with wonted humour gay,
But pallid, cheerless, and forlorn.
[Animula! vagula, blandula,
Hospes comesque corporis,
Quæ nunc abibis in loca--
Pallidula, rigida, nudula,
Nec, ut soles, dabis jocos?]
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101011 100100111 1101101 11111101 111111 1101001 111 111 111010 111 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 345 |
Words | 56 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 5 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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