Analysis of To A Star

Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)



Sweet star, which gleaming o'er the darksome scene
Through fleecy clouds of silvery radiance fliest,
Spanglet of light on evening's shadowy veil,
Which shrouds the day-beam from the waveless lake,
Lighting the hour of sacred love; more sweet
Than the expiring morn-star’s paly fires:--
Sweet star! When wearied Nature sinks to sleep,
And all is hushed,--all, save the voice of Love,
Whose broken murmurings swell the balmy blast
Of soft Favonius, which at intervals
Sighs in the ear of stillness, art thou aught but
Lulling the slaves of interest to repose
With that mild, pitying gaze? Oh, I would look
In thy dear beam till every bond of sense
Became enamoured--


Scheme ABCDBEFGBHBIJKB
Poetic Form
Metre 1111010011 110111001001 1111101001 110111011 10010110111 1001011110 1111010111 0111110111 110110101 11111100 10011101111 1001110101 11110011111 01111100111 011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 662
Words 115
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 527
Words per stanza (avg) 111
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 02, 2023

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets and is regarded by critics as among the finest lyric poets in the English language. more…

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