On A Faded Violet

Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)



I.
The odour from the flower is gone
Which like thy kisses breathed on me;
The colour from the flower is flown
Which glowed of thee and only thee!

II.
A shrivelled, lifeless, vacant form,
It lies on my abandoned breast,
And mocks the heart which yet is warm,
With cold and silent rest.

III.
I weep,--my tears revive it not!
I sigh,--it breathes no more on me;
Its mute and uncomplaining lot
Is such as mine should be.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 28, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXBXB ACDCD AEBEB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 412
Words 83
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets and is regarded by critics as among the finest lyric poets in the English language. more…

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