Analysis of Fragments Supposed To Be Parts Of Otho
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
I.
Those whom nor power, nor lying faith, nor toil,
Nor custom, queen of many slaves, makes blind,
Have ever grieved that man should be the spoil
Of his own weakness, and with earnest mind
Fed hopes of its redemption; these recur
Chastened by deathful victory now, and find
Foundations in this foulest age, and stir
Me whom they cheer to be their minister.
II.
Dark is the realm of grief: but human things
Those may not know who cannot weep for them.
...
III.
Once more descend
The shadows of my soul upon mankind,
For to those hearts with which they never blend,
Thoughts are but shadows which the flashing mind
From the swift clouds which track its flight of fire,
Casts on the gloomy world it leaves behind.
...
Scheme | ABCBCDCDD AXX AECECDC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 11110110111 1101110111 1101111101 1111001101 1111010101 1011100101 010011101 1111111100 1 1101111101 1111110111 1 1 1101 011110111 1111111101 111110101 10111111110 1101011101 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 703 |
Words | 131 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 4, 8 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 186 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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