Analysis of Song. -- Fierce Roars The Midnight Storm
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
Fierce roars the midnight storm
O'er the wild mountain,
Dark clouds the night deform,
Swift rolls the fountain--
See! o'er yon rocky height,
Dim mists are flying--
See by the moon’s pale light,
Poor Laura's dying!
Shame and remorse shall howl,
By her false pillow--
Fiercer than storms that roll,
O'er the white billow;
No hand her eyes to close,
When life is flying,
But she will find repose,
For Laura’s dying!
Then will I seek my love,
Then will I cheer her,
Then my esteem will prove,
When no friend is near her.
On her grave I will lie,
When life is parted,
On her grave I will die,
For the false hearted.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD XEXE XDXD XFXF GHGH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11011 100110 11011 11010 1101101 11110 110111 11010 100111 10110 101111 100110 110111 11110 111101 1110 111111 11110 110111 111110 101111 11110 101111 10110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 617 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 05, 2023
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