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On Fanny Godwin

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

Her voice did quiver as we parted,
Yet knew I not that heart was broken
From which it came, and I departed
Heeding not the words then spoken.
Misery--O Misery,
This world is all too wide for thee.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme ABABCC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 199
Words 40
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
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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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