Analysis of Shelley's Vision
Herman Melville 1819 – 1891
Wandering late by morning seas
When my heart with pain was low--
Hate the censor pelted me--
Deject I saw my shadow go.
In elf-caprice of bitter tone
I too would pelt the pelted one:
At my shadow I cast a stone.
When lo, upon that sun-lit ground
I saw the quivering phantom take
The likeness of St. Stephen crowned:
Then did self-reverence awake.
| Scheme | XAXA BXB CDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10011101 1111111 1010101 0111111 01011101 11110101 1111101 11011111 110100101 01011101 11110001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 344 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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