Analysis of Fragment Of A Ghost Story
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
A shovel of his ashes took
From the hearth's obscurest nook,
Muttering mysteries as she went.
Helen and Henry knew that Granny
Was as much afraid of Ghosts as any,
And so they followed hard-
But Helen clung to her brother's arm,
And her own spasm made her shake.
| Scheme | AABCCDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011101 10111 100100111 100101110 1110111110 011101 110110101 00110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 263 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 206 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 17, 2023
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