Analysis of To Mary Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
THE world is dreary,
And I'm weary
Of wandering on without thee, Mary;
A joy was erewhile
In thy voice and thy smile,
And 'tis gone, when I should be gone too, Mary.
| Scheme | AAABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01110 0110 1100101110 0111 011011 01111111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 168 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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