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
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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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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