Analysis of After Parting
Alice Meynell 1847 (London) – 1922
Farewell has long been said; I have forgone thee;
I never name thee even.
But how shall I learn virtues and yet shun thee?
For thou art so near Heaven
That Heavenward meditations pause upon thee.
Thou dost beset the path to every shrine;
My trembling thoughts discern
Thy goodness in the good for which I pine;
And, if I turn from but one sin, I turn
Unto a smile of thine.
How shall I thrust thee apart
Since all my growth tends to thee night and day--
To thee faith, hope, and art?
Swift are the currents setting all one way;
They draw my life, my life, out of my heart.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111011 1101110 11111100111 1111110 110101011 11010111001 1100101 1100011111 0111111111 100111 1111101 1111111101 111101 1101010111 1111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 578 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 147 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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