Analysis of Fragment From The Wandering Jew

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



The Elements respect their Maker's seal!
Still Like the scathed pine tree's height,
Braving the tempests of the night
Have I 'scaped the flickering flame.
Like the scathed pine, which a monument stands
Of faded grandeur, which the brands
Of the tempest-shaken air
Have riven on the desolate heath;
Yet it stands majestic even in death,
And rears its wild form there.


Scheme ABBCDDEFGE
Poetic Form Etheree  (30%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 0100011101 1101111 1001101 11101001 1011101001 11001101 1010101 110101001 1110101001 011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 366
Words 64
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 293
Words per stanza (avg) 62
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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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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