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 |
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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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