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...
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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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