Analysis of Fragment: Igniculus Desiderii

Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)



To thirst and find no fill—to wail and wander
With short unsteady steps—to pause and ponder--
To feel the blood run through the veins and tingle
Where busy thought and blind sensation mingle;
To nurse the image of unfelt caresses
Till dim imagination just possesses
The half-created shadow, then all the night
Sick...


Scheme AABBCDEF
Poetic Form
Metre 11011111010 11010111010 11011101010 11010101010 1101011010 1100101010 0101011101 1
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 323
Words 55
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 255
Words per stanza (avg) 53
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets and is regarded by critics as among the finest lyric poets in the English language. more…

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