Analysis of On A Faded Violet
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
I.
The odour from the flower is gone
Which like thy kisses breathed on me;
The colour from the flower is flown
Which glowed of thee and only thee!
II.
A shrivelled, lifeless, vacant form,
It lies on my abandoned breast,
And mocks the heart which yet is warm,
With cold and silent rest.
III.
I weep,--my tears revive it not!
I sigh,--it breathes no more on me;
Its mute and uncomplaining lot
Is such as mine should be.
Scheme | AXBXB ACDCD AEBEB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1 01101011 11110111 01101011 11110101 1 0110101 11110101 01011111 110101 1 11110111 11111111 11011 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 412 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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