Analysis of Farewell
Enid Derham 1882 (Hawthorn) – 1941
I LEAVE the world to-morrow,—
What news for Fairyland?
I’m tired of dust and sorrow
And folk on every hand.
A moon more calm and splendid
Moves there through deeper skies,
By maiden stars attended
She peaces goddes-wise.
And there no wrath oppresses,
And there no teardrops start,
There cool winds breathe caresses,
That soothe the weary heart.
The wealth the mad world follows
Turns ashes in the hand
Of him who sees the hollows
And glades of Fairyland.
And pine boughs sigh no sorrow
Where fairy rotas play,—
I leave the world to-morrow
For ever and a day.
Scheme | Abab cdcd efef gbgb ahAh |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1101110 11110 11011010 0111001 0111010 111101 1101010 1111 0111010 01111 1111010 110101 0101110 110001 1111010 01110 0111110 11011 1101110 110001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 629 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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