Analysis of The Indian Serenade
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
I arise from dreams of thee
In the first sweet sleep of night,
When the winds are breathing low,
And the stars are shining bright
I arise from dreams of thee,
And a spirit in my feet
Hath led me--who knows how?
To thy chamber window, Sweet!
The wandering airs they faint
On the dark, the silent stream--
The champak odors fail
Like sweet thoughts in a dream;
The nightingale's complaint,
It dies upon her heart;
As I must on thine,
Oh, beloved as thou art!
O lift me from the grass!
die! I faint! I fail!
Let thy love in kisses rain
On my lips and eyelids pale.
My cheek is cold and white, alas!
My heart beats loud and fast;--
Oh! press it to thine own again,
Where it will break at last.
Scheme | AbxbAcxc defedgxg hfxfhixi |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011111 0011111 1011101 0011101 1011111 0010011 111111 1110101 0100111 1010101 01101 111001 0101 110101 11111 101111 111101 11111 1110101 111011 11110101 111101 11111101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 675 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 175 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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