Cancelled Stanza of the Mask of Anarchy (For Which Stanzas 68, 69 Have Been Substituted.)
From the cities where from caves,Like the dead from putrid graves,Troops of starvelings gliding come,Living Tenants of a tomb.
About this text
Cancelled Stanza of the Mask of Anarchy (For Which Stanzas 68, 69 Have Been Substituted.) is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Volume 2, Project Gutenberg ebook #4798; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Percy Bysshe Shelley, Cancelled Stanza of the Mask of Anarchy (For Which Stanzas 68, 69 Have Been Substituted.), in The Complete Poetical Works, Volume II (1816–1819), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #4798, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/shelley-later-poems/cancelled-stanza-of-the-mask-of-anarchy-for-which-stanzas-68.html, id L16384.
Form and metre
Cancelled Stanza of the Mask of Anarchy (For Which Stanzas 68, 69 Have Been Substituted.) is 4 lines in a single stanza. It is in rhyming couplets, 50% of the lines. The lines average 7.2 syllables.
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Rhyme words, stanza by stanza
The word that ends each line, lettered by the rhyme it makes; a dash is a line whose rhyme the dictionary could not confirm.
- 1 AA-- cavesA · gravesA · come · tomb
Scansion, line by line
Each line with its syllable count and the stresses the words themselves fix: / stressed, ˘ unstressed, · a syllable the word leaves free and the metre decides. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| From the cities where from caves, | 7 | ··/˘··· |
| Like the dead from putrid graves, | 7 | ····/˘· |
| Troops of starvelings gliding come, | 8 | ·····/˘· |
| Living Tenants of a tomb. | 7 | /˘/˘··· |
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