Analysis of The False Laurel And The True
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
'What art thou, Presumptuous, who profanest
The wreath to mighty poets only due,
Even whilst like a forgotten moon thou wanest?
Touch not those leaves which for the eternal few
Who wander o'er the Paradise of fame,
In sacred dedication ever grew:
One of the crowd thou art without a name.'
'Ah, friend, 'tis the false laurel that I wear;
Bright though it seem, it is not the same
As that which bound Milton’s immortal hair;
Its dew is poison; and the hopes that quicken
Under its chilling shade, though seeming fair,
Are flowers which die almost before they sicken.'
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Metre | 111010011 0111010101 10110010111 11111100101 1101001011 010010101 1101110101 1110110111 111111101 111110101 11110001110 1011011101 11011101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 566 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 444 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 100 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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