This is an analysis of To Edward Williams by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

I.
The serpent is shut out from Paradise.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdcdee Xfefefegg XXaXadaee Xheheheff afgXgfgii ajfjfjfbb Xggggggkk
  • Stanza lengths: 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Metre: 1 0100110101 0101110111 010111 01011101010 110101011 1001010 11110101 1101010101 1 0101110110 01001111101 010100 1101011001 11010010111 010001 10110001 0100010100 1 1101111100 1111111101 110111 1111111101 0101011100 111111 11000101 1101000001 1 1101011111 1111111100 111101 0100110111 0101110101 010111 00110011 1111011101 1 11110011111 0100101100111 111111 1001010111 0011011101 001111 01111111 1111001100 1 01101110101 1111110101 101111 0101010101 1101011101 111111 10100101 1111110101 1 1101010101 1111010111 111101 0101110101 1111010101 110111 01011111 1010111001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 63

Repeated words/phrases

that, i, meant, if

Anaphora

the, of, if