Analysis of We Sate Down And Wept By The Waters
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
I.
We sate down and wept by the waters
Of Babel, and thought of the day
When our foe, in the hue of his slaughters,
Made Salem's high places his prey;
And ye, oh her desolate daughters!
Were scattered all weeping away.
II.
While sadly we gazed on the river
Which roll'd on in freedom below,
They demanded the song; but, oh never
That triumph the stranger shall know!
May this right hand be withered for ever,
Ere it string our high harp for the foe!
III.
On the willow that harp is suspended,
Oh Salem! its sound should be free;
And the hour when thy glories were ended
But left me that token of thee:
And ne'er shall its soft tones be blended
With the voice of the spoiler by me!
Scheme | ABCBCBC ADEDEDE AFGFGFG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 111011010 11001101 11010011110 11011011 011010010 01011001 1 110111010 11101001 1010011110 11001011 1111110110 1111011101 1 101111010 11011111 00101110010 11111011 011111110 101101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 685 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 175 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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