Analysis of Fragment Of A Sonnet : To Harriet
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
Ever as now with Love and Virtue's glow
May thy unwithering soul not cease to burn,
Still may thine heart with those pure thoughts o'erflow
Which force from mine such quick and warm return.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 101111011 11111111 111111111 1111110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 194 |
| Words | 36 |
| 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) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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