Analysis of Fragment: Such Hope, As Is The Sick Despair Of Good
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
Such hope, as is the sick despair of good,
Such fear, as is the certainty of ill,
Such doubt, as is pale Expectation’s food
Turned while she tastes to poison, when the will
Is powerless, and the spirit...
| Scheme | ABCBD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1111010111 1111010011 111110101 1111110101 11000010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 210 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 156 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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