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 |
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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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