Analysis of A Farewell
Harriet Monroe 1860 (Chicago) – 1936 (Arequipa)
GOOD-BY: nay, do not grieve that it is over—
The perfect hour;
That the winged joy, sweet honey-loving rover,
Flits from the flower.
Grieve not,—it is the law. Love will be flying—
Yea, love and all.
Glad was the living; blessed be the dying!
Let the leaves fall.
| Scheme | AAAA BCBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11111111110 00110 10111101010 11010 11110111110 1101 1101011010 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 271 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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