Analysis of Parted
Alice Meynell 1847 (London) – 1922
Farewell to one now silenced quite,
Sent out of hearing, out of sight,--
My friend of friends, whom I shall miss,
He is not banished, though, for this,--
Nor he, nor sadness, nor delight.
Though I shall talk with him no more,
A low voice sounds upon the shore.
He must not watch my resting-place,
But who shall drive a mournful face
From the sad winds about my door?
I shall not hear his voice complain,
But who shall stop the patient rain?
His tears must not disturb my heart,
But who shall change the years and part
The world from any thought of pain?
Although my life is left so dim,
The morning crowns the mountain-rim;
Joy is not gone from summer skies,
Nor innocence from children's eyes,
And all of these things are part of him.
He is not banished, for the showers
Yet wake this green warm earth of ours.
How can the summer but be sweet?
I shall not have him at my feet,
And yet my feet are on the flowers.
Scheme | AABBA CCDDC EEFFE GGHHG IIJJI |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1111101 11110111 11111111 11110111 11110101 11111111 01110101 11111101 11110101 10110111 11111101 11110101 11110111 11110101 01110111 1111111 01010101 11111101 11001101 011111111 111101010 111111110 11010111 11111111 011111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 917 |
Words | 180 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 140 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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