This is an analysis of Alas! This Is Not What I Thought Life Was by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Alas! this is not what I thought life was.
I knew that there were crimes and evil men,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabababXb
  • Stanza lengths: 9,
  • Metre: 0100111111 1111011101 10011101101 01110010101 0111111001 0101011 1101110101 0110011111 0111110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 9

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