Analysis of When We Two Parted
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
When we two parted
In silence and tears,
Half broken-hearted
To sever for years,
Pale grew thy cheek and cold,
Colder thy kiss;
Truly that hour foretold
Sorrow to this.
The dew of the morning
Sunk chill on my brow--
It felt like the warning
Of what I feel now.
Thy vows are all broken,
And light is thy fame;
I hear thy name spoken,
And share in its shame.
They name thee before me,
A knell to mine ear;
A shrudder comes o'er me--
Why wert thou so dear?
They know not I knew thee,
Who knew thee so well--
Long, long I shall rue thee,
Too deeply to tell.
In secret we met--
In silence I grieve,
That thy heart could forget,
Thy spirit deceive
If I should meet thee
After long years,
How should I greet thee?--
With silence and tears.
Scheme | ABACDEDE FGFGHIHI JXJXJKJK LMLMJCJB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110 01001 11010 11011 111101 1011 1011001 1011 011010 11111 111010 11111 111110 01111 111110 01011 111011 01111 011101 11111 111111 11111 111111 11011 01011 01011 111101 11001 11111 1011 11111 11001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 756 |
Words | 147 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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