Analysis of Fragment: To Byron
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
O mighty mind, in whose deep stream this age
Shakes like a reed in the unheeding storm,
Why dost thou curb not thine own sacred rage?
Scheme | ABA |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Terza rima Tercet |
Metre | 1101011111 11010011 1111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 139 |
Words | 28 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 3 |
Lines Amount | 3 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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