Analysis of Death In Life
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
My head is heavy, my limbs are weary,
And it is not life that makes me move.
| Scheme | AB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111011110 011111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 83 |
| Words | 19 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2 |
| Lines Amount | 2 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 57 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 13, 2023
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