Analysis of O That A Chariot Of Cloud Were Mine!
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
O that a chariot of cloud were mine!
Of cloud which the wild tempest weaves in air,
When the moon over the ocean’s line
Is spreading the locks of her bright gray hair.
O that a chariot of cloud were mine! 5
I would sail on the waves of the billowy wind
To the mountain peak and the rocky lake,
And the...
| Scheme | ABABACDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101001101 1110110101 101100101 1100110111 1101001101 1111011011 1010100101 00 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 307 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 234 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 62 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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