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 Heroic Sestet
Sestain
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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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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