This is an analysis of An Exhortation by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Chameleons feed on light and air:
Poets' food is love and fame:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcddcc ececfddff ghghiaaii
  • Stanza lengths: 9,9,9,
  • Metre: 10011111 110111 0001101 1011101 0110111 1110111 1011001 10001001 10101 1011011 110010 1001101 0010101 1101001 1101101 1010101 11010101 1101 111101110 010111001 011001010 1011111 1111101 1110101 1000101 1000101 10101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 27

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