Analysis of The Sepulchre Of Memory
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
And where is truth? On tombs? for such to thee
Has been my heart—and thy dead memory
Has lain from childhood, many a changeful year,
Unchangingly preserved and buried there.
| Scheme | AABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111111111 1111011100 111110011 1010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 180 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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