Analysis of In Horologium
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
Inter marmoreas Leonorae pendula colles
Fortunata mmis Machina dicit horas.
Quas manibus premit ilia duas insensa papillas
Cur mihi sit digito tangere, amata, nefas?
| Scheme | AAAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain Rubaiyat |
| Metre | 011111 11111 1111111 1111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 170 |
| Words | 26 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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