Analysis of Lines To A Critic
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
I.
Honey from silkworms who can gather,
Or silk from the yellow bee?
The grass may grow in winter weather
As soon as hate in me.
II.
Hate men who cant, and men who pray,
And men who rail like thee;
An equal passion to repay
They are not coy like me.
III.
Or seek some slave of power and gold
To be thy dear heart's mate;
Thy love will move that bigot cold
Sooner than me, thy hate.
IV.
A passion like the one I prove
Cannot divided be;
I hate thy want of truth and love--
How should I then hate thee?
Scheme | ABCBC ADCDC AEFEF GGCGC |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) |
Metre | 1 10111110 1110101 011101010 111101 1 11110111 011111 11010101 111111 1 111111001 111111 11111101 101111 1 01010111 100101 11111101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 490 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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