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
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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Percy Bysshe Shelley

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