Analysis of The Isle
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
There was a little lawny islet
By anemone and violet,
Like mosaic, paven:
And its roof was flowers and leaves
Which the summer’s breath enweaves,
Where nor sun nor showers nor breeze
Pierce the pines and tallest trees,
Each a gem engraven;--
Girt by many an azure wave
With which the clouds and mountains pave
A lake's blue chasm.
| Scheme | AABCCDDBEEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010110 1100100 10101 01111001 101011 11111011 1010101 1011 11101101 11010101 01110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 331 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 261 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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