Analysis of Buona Notte

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



I.
'Buona notte, buona notte!'--Come mai
La notte sara buona senza te?
Non dirmi buona notte,--che tu sai,
La notte sa star buona da per se.

II.
Solinga, scura, cupa, senza speme,
La notte quando Lilla m’abbandona;
Pei cuori chi si batton insieme
Ogni notte, senza dirla, sara buona.

III.
Come male buona notte ci suona
Con sospiri e parole interrotte!--
Il modo di aver la notte buona
E mai non di dir la buona notte.


Scheme AABAX ACDCD ADBDX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (27%)
Metre 1 111111 1110111 1111111 11111111 1 11111 111101 1111101 1111101 1 111111 111011 11110111 11111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 414
Words 81
Sentences 10
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 28, 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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