This is an analysis of Epithalamium by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Another Version Of 'A Bridal Song'.
Night, with all thine eyes look down!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X ababCCCB d AAEXfXfCCCB d AAEfefecCcB dXaAE
  • Stanza lengths: 1,8,1,11,1,11,5,
  • Metre: 0101001101 1011111 10101001 110101001 10111 11101111 1111101 11101111 101 1 11111101 0010001 101 01010110 111101010 10110101 00101010 11101111 1111101 11101111 101 1 11111101 0010001 101 101011010 100100111 10101010 11001 11101111 1111101 11101111 101 111 11111001 0010001 101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 37