Analysis of O Thou Immortal Deity
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
O thou immortal deity
Whose throne is in the depth of human thought,
I do adjure thy power and thee
By all that man may be, by all that he is not,
By all that he has been and yet must be!
| Scheme | ABACA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 11010100 1110011101 11111001 111111111111 1111110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 191 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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