Analysis of Stanzas: When A Man Hath No Freedom
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
When a man hath no freedom to fight for at home,
Let him combat for that of his neighbours;
Let him think of the glories of Greece and of Rome,
And get knock'd on the head for his labours.
To do good to mankind is the chivalrous plan,
And, is always as nobly requited;
Then battle for freedom wherever you can,
And, if not shot or hang'd, you'll get knighted.
Scheme | ABABCDCD |
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Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
Metre | 101111011111 111011111 111101011011 011101111 1111111011 0111101 11011001011 0111111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 361 |
Words | 72 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 276 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 70 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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