Analysis of To William Shelley. Thy Little Footsteps On The Sands
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
Thy little footsteps on the sands
Of a remote and lonely shore;
The twinkling of thine infant hands,
Where now the worm will feed no more;
Thy mingled look of love and glee
When we returned to gaze on thee--
| Scheme | ABABCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain Heroic Sestet |
| Metre | 1101101 10010101 010011101 11011111 11011101 11011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 211 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 163 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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