Analysis of Farewell, Life! My Senses Swim
Thomas Hood 1799 (London) – 1845 (London)
Farewell, Life! My senses swim,
And the world is growing dim;
Thronging shadows cloud the light,
Like the advent of the night,—
Colder, colder, colder still,
Upward steals a vapor chill—
Strong the earthy odor grows—
I smell the mould above the rose!
Welcome, Life! the Spirit strives!
Strength returns, and hope revives;
Cloudy fears and shapes forlorn
Fly like shadows at the morn,—
O'er the earth there comes a bloom—
Sunny light for sullen gloom,
Warm perfume for vapor cold—
I smell the rose above the mould!
| Scheme | AABBCCDD EEFFGGHH |
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 0011101 11101 101101 1010101 1010101 1010101 11010101 1010101 1010101 1010101 111101 10011101 1011101 1011101 11010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 532 |
| Words | 92 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 201 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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