Analysis of A Farewell.
Sarah Chauncey Woolsey 1835 (Cleveland) – 1905
Go, sun, since go you must,
The dusky evening lowers above our sky,
Our sky which was so blue and sweetly fair;
Night is not terrible that we should sigh.
A little darkness we can surely bear;
Will there not be more sunshine--by and by?
Go, rose, since go you must,
Flowerless and chill the winter draweth nigh;
Closed are the blithe and fragrant lips which made
All summer long perpetual melody.
Cheerless we take our way, but not afraid:
Will there not be more roses--by and by?
Go, love, since go you must,
Out of our pain we bless you as you fly;
The momentary heaven the rainbow lit
Was worth whole days of black and stormy sky;
Shall we not see, as by the waves we sit,
Your bright sail winging shoreward--by and by?
Go, life, since go you must,
Uncertain guest and whimsical ally!
All questionless you came, unquestioned go;
What does it mean to live, or what to die?
Smiling we watch you vanish, for we know
Somewhere is nobler living--by and by.
Scheme | ABCBCB ABDXDB ABEBEB ABFBFB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 01101001101 10111110101 1111001111 0101011101 111111101 111111 10101011 1101010111 11010100100 1111011101 1111110101 111111 11101111111 010010011 1111110101 1111110111 1111010101 111111 0101010010 11110101 1111111111 1011110111 111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 940 |
Words | 180 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 184 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 12, 2023
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