Analysis of So we'll go no more a roving



So, we'll go no more a roving
    So late into the night,
Though the heart be still as loving,
    And the moon be still as bright.

For the sword outwears its sheath,
    And the soul wears out the breast,
And the heart must pause to breathe,
    And love itself have rest.

Though the night was made for loving,
    And the day returns too soon,
Yet we'll go no more a roving
    By the light of the moon.


Scheme ABAB XCXC ADAD
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11111010 110101 10111110 0011111 101111 0011101 0011111 010111 10111110 0010111 11111010 101101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 394
Words 77
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted by naama on July 15, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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George Gordon Byron

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), 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. more…

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