Analysis of A Lament
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
O World! O Life! O Time!
On whose last steps I climb,
Trembling at that where I had stood before;
When will return the glory of your prime?
No more -Oh, never more!
Out of the day and night
A joy has taken flight:
Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar
Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight
No more -Oh, never more!
| Scheme | aabaB ccbcB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 111111 111111 10011111101 1101010111 111101 110101 011101 110100101 1111111101 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 328 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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