Analysis of A Hate-Song.
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
A hater he came and sat by a ditch,
And he took an old cracked lute;
And he sang a song which was more of a screech
'Gainst a woman that was a brute.
| Scheme | ABCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain Simple 4-line |
| Metre | 0101101101 0111111 01101111101 10101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 146 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on May 02, 2023
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