Analysis of Farewell

Alfred Austin 1835 (Leeds) – 1913 (Ashford)



Farewell! I breathe that wonted prayer,
But oh! though countless leagues divide
Our gaze, our grasp, they shall not tear
My soul, my spirit, from thy side.
Waking or sleeping, thou shalt own
My fervour hovers round thee still;
And when thou deem'st thyself alone,
My whispers shall the silence fill.

And as, in summer's ardent days,
The sun withdraws not all his light,
But, long past setting, twilight rays,
Lingering, illumine half the night;
So shall our Love's enduring glow
Through lonely hours its radiance pour,
O'er our dark lot some comfort throw,
Until we blend and burn once more.


Scheme ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH
Poetic Form Traditional rhyme
Metre 111111 11110101 1011011111 11110111 10110111 1110111 01111101 11010101 01010101 01011111 1111011 1001101 111010101 1101011001 1010111101 01110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 584
Words 103
Sentences 6
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 232
Words per stanza (avg) 51
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Alfred Austin

Alfred Austin DL was an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896 upon the death of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. more…

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