This is an analysis of Otho by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

I.
Thou wert not, Cassius, and thou couldst not be,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aababcbcc XcdcXedee
  • Stanza lengths: 9,9,
  • Metre: 1 1111011110 10010111001 0100110111 1011000101 1111101101 01010010011 1111010001 0111110111 1 1111110111 10110011101 1111000101 1101011000 0011010101 1011110101 11100101101 1010010100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 18