Analysis of The Farewell
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
'Tis not the untried soldier new to danger
Who fears to enter into active strife.
Amidst the roll of drums, the cannon's rattle,
He craves adventure, and thinks not of life.
But the scarred vetran knows the price of glory,
He does not court the conflict or the fray.
He has no longing to rehearse that gory
And most dramatic act, or wars dark play.
He who to love has always been a stranger,
All unafraid may linger in your spell.
My heart has known the warfare, and its danger.
It craves no repitition - so farewell.
Scheme | ABXB CDCD AEAE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11001101110 1111001101 01011101010 1101001111 1011101110 1111010101 11110101110 0101011111 1111111010 101110011 1111010110 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 523 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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