Analysis of Zephyrus The Awakener

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



Come, thou awakener of the spirit's ocean,
Zephyr, whom to thy cloud or cave
No thought can trace! speed with thy gentle motion!


Scheme ABA
Poetic Form Terza rima 
Tercet 
Metre 111101010 10111111 11111111010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 134
Words 25
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 100
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 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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