Analysis of Translation From Catullus
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
Equal to Jove that youth must be--
Greater than Jove he seems to me--
Who, free from Jealousy's alarms,
Securely views thy matchless charms.
That cheek, which ever dimpling glows,
That mouth, from whence such music flows,
To him, alike, are always known,
Reserved for him, and him alone.
Ah! Lesbia! though 'tis death to me,
I cannot choose but look on thee;
Whilst trembling with a thousand fears,
Parch'd to the throat my tongue adheres,
My pulse beats quick, my breath heaves short,
My limbs deny their slight support,
Cold dews my pallid face o'erspread,
With deadly langour droops my head,
My ears with tingling echoes ring,
And life itself is on the wing;
My eyes refuse the cheering light,
Their orbs are veil'd in starless night:
Such pangs my nature sinks beneath,
And feels a temporary death.
Scheme | AABBCCDDAAEEFFFGHHIIJK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111111 10111111 111101 0101111 1111011 11111101 1101111 01110101 1111111 11011111 110010101 11011101 11111111 11011101 1111011 1101111 111100101 01011101 11010101 1111011 11110101 0101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 799 |
Words | 143 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 22 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 626 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 139 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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