Analysis of On Robert Emmet's Grave
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
VI.
No trump tells thy virtues—the grave where they rest
With thy dust shall remain unpolluted by fame,
Till thy foes, by the world and by fortune caressed,
Shall pass like a mist from the light of thy name.
VII.
When the storm-cloud that lowers o'er the day-beam is gone,
Unchanged, unextinguished its life-spring will shine;
When Erin has ceased with their memory to groan,
She will smile through the tears of revival on thine.
Scheme | ABCBC AXDXD |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1 11111001111 111101111 111101011001 11101101111 1 10111101001111 01111111 110111110011 111101101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 430 |
Words | 77 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 170 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 16, 2023
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