Analysis of Bright Be The Place Of Thy Soul!
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
Bright be the place of thy soul!
No lovelier spirit than thine
E'er burst from its mortal control
In the orbs of the blessed to shine.
On earth thou wert all but divine,
As thy soul shall immortally be;
And our sorrow may cease to repine,
When we know that thy God is with thee.
Light be the turf of thy tomb!
May its verdure like emeralds be:
There should not be the shadow of gloom
In aught that reminds us of thee.
Young flowers and an evergreen tree
May spring from the spot of thy rest:
But nor cypress nor yew let us see;
For why should we mourn for the blest?
Scheme | ABAB BCBC DCDC CECE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1101111 111011 101111001 00110111 11111101 111111 010101111 111111111 1101111 1111101 11110111 01101111 11001101 11101111 111011111 11111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 561 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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