This is an analysis of Fragments Supposed To Be Parts Of Otho by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

I.
Those whom nor power, nor lying faith, nor toil,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xababcbcd XXX XbbbbdbX
  • Stanza lengths: 9,3,8,
  • Metre: 1 11110110111 1101010111 1101111001 0011010101 1100010101 10110100111 0100010111 1111001100 1 1001011101 1111110110 1 1101 0110110111 1011011101 1111110101 00111101010 1101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

nor, and, which