Analysis of A Farewell
Amy Levy 1861 (London) – 1889 (London)
The sad rain falls from Heaven,
A sad bird pipes and sings ;
I am sitting here at my window
And watching the spires of "King's."
O fairest of all fair places,
Sweetest of all sweet towns!
With the birds, and the greyness and greenness,
And the men in caps and gowns.
All they that dwell within thee,
To leave are ever loth,
For one man gets friends, and another
Gets honour, and one gets both.
The sad rain falls from Heaven;
My heart is great with woe--
I have neither a friend nor honour,
Yet I am sorry to go.
| Scheme | Abcb xdxd xxex Acec |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 0111110 011101 111011110 0100111 11011110 101111 101001010 0010101 1111011 111101 111110010 110111 0111110 111111 11100111 1111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 519 |
| Words | 106 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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