A Lament
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
O World! O Life! O Time!
On whose last steps I climb,
Trembling at that where I had stood before;
When will return the glory of your prime?
No more -Oh, never more!
Out of the day and night
A joy has taken flight:
Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar
Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight
No more -Oh, never more!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | aabaB ccbcB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 328 |
Words | 67 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
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