Analysis of 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.
| Scheme | ABABCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain Heroic Sestet |
| Metre | 011101110 111111110 111101010 10101110 1001100 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 199 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 152 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 12, 2023
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