This is an analysis of The World's Wanderers by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

I.
Tell me, thou Star, whose wings of light…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbbc Xaaac XXbbX
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,
  • Metre: 1 11111101 11011001 0110001 011011 1 1111111 10010101 0110111 101011 1 1011100 1010101 1111101 101110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 15