Analysis of One sung of thee who left the tale untold

Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)



One sung of thee who left the tale untold,
        Like the false dawns which perish in the bursting;
    Like empty cups of wrought and daedal gold,
        Which mock the lips with air, when they are thirsting.


Scheme ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1111110101 10111100010 110111011 1101111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 218
Words 38
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 38
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 152
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

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