Analysis of Farewell
John Clare 1793 (Helpston) – 1864 (St Andrew's Hospital)
Farewell to the bushy clump close to the river
And the flags where the butter-bump hides in forever;
Farewell to the weedy nook, hemmed in by waters;
Farewell to the miller's brook and his three bonny daughters;
Farewell to them all while in prison I lie--
In the prison a thrall sees naught but the sky.
Shut out are the green fields and birds in the bushes;
In the prison yard nothing builds, blackbirds or thrushes.
Farewell to the old mill and dash of waters,
To the miller and, dearer still, to his three bonny daughters.
In the nook, the larger burdock grows near the green willow;
In the flood, round the moor-cock dashes under the billow;
To the old mill farewell, to the lock, pens, and waters,
To the miller himsel', and his three bonny daughters.
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Metre | 11010111010 0011010110010 11010110110 1101010111010 1111101011 00100111101 111011010010 0010110110110 1101101110 101001011111010 001010111011 00110111010010 101111011010 101010111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 752 |
Words | 139 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 42 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 198 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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