Analysis of On Being Asked What Was The 'Origin Of Love'
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
The 'Origin of Love!'--Ah why
That cruel question ask of me,
When thou may'st read in many an eye
He starts to life on seeing thee?
And should'st thou seek his end to know:
My heart forebodes, my fears foresee
He'll linger long in silent woe;
But live--until I cease to be.
Scheme | ABAB CBCB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 01001111 11010111 1111101011 11111101 011111111 1111101 11010101 11011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 274 |
Words | 55 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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