Analysis of To-- I Fear Thy Kisses, Gentle Maiden
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
I.
I fear thy kisses, gentle maiden,
Thou needest not fear mine;
My spirit is too deeply laden
Ever to burthen thine.
II.
I fear thy mien, thy tones, thy motion,
Thou needest not fear mine;
Innocent is the heart’s devotion
With which I worship thine.
| Scheme | abCbc abCbc |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) |
| Metre | 1 111101010 11111 110111010 10111 1 111111110 11111 100101010 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 251 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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