Analysis of On Keats, Who Desired That On His Tomb Should Be Inscribed--
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
'Here lieth One whose name was writ on water.
But, ere the breath that could erase it blew,
Death, in remorse for that fell slaughter,
Death, the immortalizing winter, flew
Athwart the stream,--and time's printless torrent grew
A scroll of crystal, blazoning the name
Of Adonais!
| Scheme | ABABBCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | ~Rhyme Royal |
| Metre | 1111111110 1101110111 100111110 1001000101 0101011101 01110101 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 282 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 220 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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