Analysis of Farewell To Frances
George Moses Horton 1779 (North Carolina) – 1883
Farewell! if ne'er I see thee more,
Though distant calls my flight impel,
I shall not less thy grace adore,
So friend, forever fare thee well.
Farewell! forever, did I say?
What, never more thy face to see?
Then take the last fond look to-day,
And still to-morrow think of me.
Farewell! alas, the tragic sound
Has many a tender bosom torn;
While desolation spread around,
Deserted friendship left to mourn.
Farewell! awakes the sleeping tear,
The dormant rill from sorrow's eye,
Express'd from one by nature dear,
Whose bosom heaves the latent sigh.
Farewell! is but departure's tale,
When fond association ends,
And fate expands her lofty sail,
To show the distant flight of friends.
Alas! and if we sure must part,
Far separated long to dwell,
I leave thee with a broken heart,
So friend, forever, fare thee well.
I leave thee, but forget thee never,
Words cannot my feeling tell,
'Fare thee well, and if forever,
Still forever fare thee well.'
Scheme | abaB cdcd efef xgxg hihi jbjB kbkb |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1111111 11011101 11111101 11010111 1010111 11011111 11011111 01110111 1010101 110010101 1010101 01010111 110101 0101111 01111101 11010101 11111 1100101 01010101 11010111 01011111 1100111 11110101 11010111 111101110 1101101 11101010 1010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 954 |
Words | 167 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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