Analysis of Farewell! If Ever Fondest Prayer
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
Farewell! if ever fondest prayer
For other's weal avail'd on high,
Mine will not all be lost in air,
But waft thy name beyond the sky.
Twere vain to speak, to weep, to sigh:
Oh! more than tears of blood can tell,
When wrung from guilt's expiring eye,
Are in that word--Farewell!--Farewell!
These lips are mute, these eyes are dry;
But in my breast and in my brain,
Awake the pangs that pass not by,
The thought that ne'er shall sleep again.
My soul nor deigns nor dares complain
Though grief and passion there rebel;
I only know we loved in vain--
I only feel--Farewell!--Farewell!
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Metre | 1110101 11010111 11111101 11110101 11111111 11111111 11110101 101111 11111111 10110011 01011111 01111101 11111101 11010110 11011101 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 575 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 222 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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