Analysis of A Farewell.
Fanny Kemble 1809 (London) – 1893
I shall come no more to the Cedar Hall,
The fairies' palace beside the stream;
Where the yellow sun-rays at morning fall
Through their tresses dark, with a mellow gleam.
I shall tread no more the thick dewy lawn,
When the young moon hangs on the brow of night,
Nor see the morning, at early dawn,
Shake the fading stars from her robes of light.
I shall fly no more on my fiery steed,
O'er the springing sward, - through the twilight wood;
Nor reign my courser, and check my speed,
By the lonely grange, and the haunted flood.
At fragrant noon, I shall lie no more
'Neath the oak's broad shade, in the leafy dell:
The sun is set, - the day is o'er, -
The summer is past; - farewell! - farewell!
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EXEX XFXF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 1111110101 010100101 1010111101 1110110101 1111101101 1011110111 110101101 1010110111 11111111001 1001011011 111100111 1010100101 110111111 1011100101 011101110 0101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 687 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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