Analysis of Farewell and Thanksgiving
Mark Van Doren 1894 (Vermilion County) – 1972 (Torrington)
Whatever I have left unsaid
When I am dead
O'muse forgive me.
You were always there,
like light, like air.
Those great good things
of which the least bird sings,
So why not I?
Yet thank you even then,
Sweet muse, Amen.
| Scheme | AABCCDDEFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (50%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 1011101 1111 11011 1011 1111 1111 110111 1111 111101 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 218 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 167 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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