Analysis of Remind Me Not, Remind Me Not

George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)



Remind me not, remind me not,
   Of those beloved, those vanish'd hours,
       When all my soul was given to thee;
Hours that may never be forgot,
   Till Time unnerves our vital powers,
       And thou and I shall cease to be.

Can I forget---canst thou forget,
   When playing with thy golden hair,
       How quick thy fluttering heart did move?
Oh! by my soul, I see thee yet,
   With eyes so languid, breast so fair,
       And lips, though silent, breathing love.

When thus reclining on my breast,
   Those eyes threw back a glance so sweet,
       As half reproach'd yet rais'd desire,
And still we near and nearer prest,
   And still our glowing lips would meet,
       As if in kisses to expire.

And then those pensive eyes would close,
   And bid their lids each other seek,
       Veiling the azure orbs below;
While their long lashes' darken'd gloss
   Seem'd stealing o'er thy brilliant cheek,
       Like raven's plumage smooth'd on snow.

I dreamt last night our love return'd,
   And, sooth to say, that very dream
       Was sweeter in its phantasy,
Than if for other hearts I burn'd,
   For eyes that ne'er like thine could beam
       In Rapture's wild reality.

Then tell me not, remind me not,
   Of hours which, though for ever gone,
       Can still a pleasing dream restore,
Till Thou and I shall be forgot,
   And senseless, as the mouldering stone
       Which tells that we shall be no more.


Scheme ABCABC DEXDEX FGXFGX XHIXHI JKBJKC AXLAXL
Poetic Form
Metre 01110111 110111010 111111011 101110101 111101010 01011111 11011101 11011101 111100111 11111111 11110111 01110101 11010111 11110111 11111010 01110101 011010111 11010101 01110111 01111101 10010101 11110101 110101101 1110111 111110101 01111101 110011 11110111 11111111 01110 11110111 110111101 11010101 11011101 0101011 11111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,389
Words 237
Sentences 9
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 36
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 167
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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George Gordon Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, known simply as Lord Byron, was an English poet, peer and politician who became a revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence, and is considered one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement. He is regarded as one of the greatest English poets and remains widely read and influential. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; many of his shorter lyrics in Hebrew Melodies also became popular. He travelled extensively across Europe, especially in Italy, where he lived for seven years in the cities of Venice, Ravenna, and Pisa. During his stay in Italy he frequently visited his friend and fellow poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Later in life Byron joined the Greek War of Independence fighting the Ottoman Empire and died of disease leading a campaign during that war, for which Greeks revere him as a national hero. He died in 1824 at the age of 36 from a fever contracted after the First and Second Siege of Missolonghi. His only legitimate child, Ada Lovelace, is regarded as a foundational figure in the field of computer programming based on her notes for Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine. Byron's illegitimate children include Allegra Byron, who died in childhood, and possibly Elizabeth Medora Leigh.  more…

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