Analysis of Fragment: Omens
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
Hark! the owlet flaps his wings
In the pathless dell beneath;
Hark! 'tis the night-raven sings
Tidings of approaching death.
| Scheme | ABAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101111 001101 1101101 1010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 129 |
| Words | 22 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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