Analysis of Song. Come Harriet! Sweet Is The Hour

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



Come Harriet! sweet is the hour,
Soft Zephyrs breathe gently around,
The anemone's night-boding flower,
Has sunk its pale head on the ground.

'Tis thus the world's keenness hath torn,
Some mild heart that expands to its blast,
'Tis thus that the wretched forlorn,
Sinks poor and neglected at last.--

The world with its keenness and woe,
Has no charms or attraction for me,
Its unkindness with grief has laid low,
The heart which is faithful to thee.
The high trees that wave past the moon,
As I walk in their umbrage with you,
All declare I must part with you soon,
All bid you a tender adieu!--

Then Harriet! dearest farewell,
You and I love, may ne’er meet again;
These woods and these meadows can tell
How soft and how sweet was the strain.--


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEFGHGH IXIX
Poetic Form Etheree  (30%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 110011010 11011001 011110 11111101 1101111 111101111 11101001 11001011 0111101 111101011 1111111 01111011 01111101 111011011 101111111 11101001 1100101 101111101 1101111 11011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 751
Words 142
Sentences 9
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 8, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 144
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

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