Analysis of Before Exile

Louise Mack 1870 (Hobart) – 1935



HERE is my last good-bye,   
 This side the sea.   
Good-bye! good-bye! good-bye!   
 Love me, remember me.   

This is my last good-bye,           
 This side the sea.   
I bless, I pledge, I cling,   
 Love me, remember me.   

This is my last good-bye   
 To each dear tree,           
To every silent plain,   
 Love me, remember me.   

This is my last good-bye,   
 This side the sea.   
O friends! O enemies!           
 Love me, remember me.   

You will remain, but I   
 Must cross the sea.   
My heart is faint with love,   
 O Land! remember me.           

You will not even ask   
 What claim has she.   
She loved us, she has gone…   
 ’Tis all, remember me.   

This is what you will say,           
 My Land across the sea,   
She was of us, has gone…   
 And you’ll remember me.   

Here is my last good-bye   
 This side the sea.           
Farewell! and when you can,   
 Love me, remember me.


Scheme ABaB ABxB AbxB ABxB abxb xbcb xbcb ABxB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 111111 1101 111111 110101 111111 1101 111111 110101 111111 1111 1100101 110101 111111 1101 111100 110101 110111 1101 111111 110101 111101 1111 111111 110101 111111 110101 111111 010101 111111 1101 10111 110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 905
Words 148
Sentences 22
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 69
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Louise Mack

Marie Louise Hamilton Mack was an Australian poet, journalist and novelist. more…

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