Analysis of Farewell, My Loved One!
Henry Clay Work 1832 (Middletown, Connecticut) – 1884 (Hartford, Connecticut)
Round me now, beneath the weeping willow,
Night's refreshing breezes blow;
Anguish drove me from a sleepless pillow
Hours and hours ago.
You, and you alone, may know my sorrow--
You, my confidante of yore--
You, my loved one, when I must, tomorrow
Lose forever more!
Farewell, my loved one!
Yet once more
Let me press you to my heart;
Once, our Fate, with cruel fingers,
Tears our souls apart.
Though you may forget it, I remember--
Yes! for sweet it was to know--
What you told me in that dear December,
Years and years ago.
Whisper once again a truth so cheering,
Would you not those words deny;
And the sound shall linger in my hearing,
Even till I die.
Fondly let the last adieu be spoken,
Since we must our dreams dismiss;
These heart-linklets, since they must be broken
Break them with a kiss.
Then, though bitter tears will still be flowing,
One sweet confort may I claim,
As I walk this world of changes--knowing
You are still the same.
While my treasure I relinquish, let me
Wish you heart-wealth that endures;
Even should you by and by forget me,
Faithful friends be yours.
May you never know a life so lonely,
Or a sky so dark above!
May you never having one love only,
Lose that only love!
Scheme | AAAAABAB CBDXD EAEAFGFG CHCHFIFI JKJKJLJL |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111010101 1010101 1011101010 1001001 1010111110 111011 111111101 10101 1111 111 1111111 110111010 110101 1110111010 1111111 1111011010 10101 1010101110 1111101 0011100110 10111 1010101110 11110101 111111110 11101 1110111110 111111 1111111010 11101 1110101011 1111101 1011101011 10111 1110101110 1011101 1110101110 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,173 |
Words | 223 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 5, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 185 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 1:07 min read
- 103 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Farewell, My Loved One!" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 16 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/17262/farewell%2C-my-loved-one%21>.
Discuss this Henry Clay Work poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In