Analysis of We Never Said Farewell
Mary Elizabeth Coleridge 1861 (London) – 1907
WE never said farewell, nor even looked
Our last upon each other, for no sign
Was made when we the linkèd chain unhooked
And broke the level line.
And here we dwell together, side by side,
Our places fixed for life upon the chart.
Two islands that the roaring seas divide
Are not more far apart.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 110111101 10101110111 111101111 010101 0111010111 10101110101 1101010101 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 306 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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