This is an analysis of Song. Sorrow by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
To me this world's a dreary blank,
All hopes in life are gone and fled,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd dede fgfg hihi jiji dddd bcbc X
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,
- Metre: 01010101 11011111 11110011 11110111 01110011 11010111 01111101 11011101 11110111 110100110 11010101 100111010 11010001 11010101 11010101 11111101 01111101 11010110 01011101 11010101 01010101 11010111 01111101 110010101 01010101 01111101 110010101 11010101 11110001 11011101 110010101 11010101 101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 33
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