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
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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Percy Bysshe Shelley

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