Analysis of Father, farewell! Be not distressed
Alfred Austin 1835 (Leeds) – 1913 (Ashford)
`Father, farewell! Be not distressed,
And take my vow, ere I depart,
To found a Convent in my breast,
And keep a cloister in my heart.'
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1011101 01111101 11010011 01010011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 140 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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