This is an analysis of A Dialogue by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
DEATH:
For my dagger is bathed in the blood of the brave,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbccDDeeaaDD fggccddXe affbbddhhDD fddaaffddXX
- Stanza lengths: 13,9,11,11,
- Metre: 1 111001001001 11111001001 11001101101 100101011001 11001101001 11001111001 1100111001 1010010001001 101001101101 1010110010001 11001101001 11001111001 10 11111011101 01011010001 01011001001 1110010001001 101001001001 11001011011 1111111100010 101110001101 1 11101011101 011111010001 11100101001 101111101001 11101101011 101101111101 111101011001 101001101001 11001101001 11001111001 10 11011011001 11011101001 101101011001 101011001001 11111101011 101001101111 11001111001 101011101001 11111101011 111101011110
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
of, not, i
Anaphora
it, where
