Analysis of Death
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
I.
They die--the dead return not--Misery
Sits near an open grave and calls them over,
A Youth with hoary hair and haggard eye--
They are the names of kindred, friend and lover,
Which he so feebly calls—they all are gone--
Fond wretch, all dead! those vacant names alone,
This most familiar scene, my pain--
These tombs—alone remain.
II.
Misery, my sweetest friend—oh, weep no more!
Thou wilt not be consoled—I wonder not!
For I have seen thee from thy dwelling’s door
Watch the calm sunset with them, and this spot
Was even as bright and calm, but transitory,
And now thy hopes are gone, thy hair is hoary;
This most familiar scene, my pain--
These tombs—alone remain.
Scheme | abcacxxDD aefefbbDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 1101011100 11110101110 0111010101 11011101010 1111011111 1111110101 11010111 110101 1 10011011111 1111011101 1111111101 101111011 11011011100 01111111110 11010111 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 671 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 9 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 257 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 13, 2023
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