Analysis of Full Fathom Five

William Shakespeare 1564 (Stratford-upon-Avon) – 1616 (Stratford-upon-Avon)



Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
Ding-dong.
Hark! now I hear them,--ding-dong, bell.


Scheme ABABCCDED
Poetic Form Nonet (56%)
Metre 11011101 1111101 1111011 1011111 1110011 0110101 1110111 11 11111111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 285
Words 50
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 215
Words per stanza (avg) 47
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 05, 2023

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". more…

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