Analysis of To Constantia
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
I.
The rose that drinks the fountain dew
In the pleasant air of noon,
Grows pale and blue with altered hue—
In the gaze of the nightly moon;
For the planet of frost, so cold and bright
Makes it wan with her borrowed light.
II.
Such is my heart—roses are fair,
And that at best a withered blossom;
But thy false care did idly wear
Its withered leaves in a faithless bosom;
And fed with love, like air and dew,
Its growth----
Scheme | ABCBCDD AEFEFBX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 01110101 0010111 11011101 00110101 1010111101 1111011 1 11111011 011101010 11111101 110100110 01111101 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 422 |
Words | 84 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 163 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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