Analysis of Song. The Farewell
Edward Henry Bickersteth 1825 (Islington) – 1906 (London)
Bid me sigh it in thine ear,
I may scarce its utterance tell;
Bid me hide it in a tear,
'Tis the word—farewell! farewell!
When away you may forget
O'er the parting scene to dwell,
I will treasure fondly yet
The sad word—farewell! farewell!
Still its knell is on mine ear,
Still do sighs my bosom swell,
Still unbidden flows the tear
O'er that word—farewell! farewell!
Go—forget—when all is past,
Love which then may lose its spell,
Yet a love like mine must last
Beyond the word—farewell! farewell!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011 11111001 1111001 10111 1011101 10010111 1110101 01111 1111111 1111101 11101 101111 1011111 1111111 1011111 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 518 |
Words | 90 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 386 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 88 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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