Analysis of Farewell! -- But Whenever You Welcome the Hour
Thomas Moore 1779 (Dublin) – 1852 (Bromham)
Farewell! but whenever you welcome the hour
That awakens the night-song of mirth in your bower,
Then think of the friend who once welcomed it too,
And forgot his own griefs to be happy with you.
His griefs may return, not a hope may remain
Of the few that have brighten'd his pathway of pain,
But he ne'er will forget the short vision, that threw
Its enchantment around him, while lingering with you.
And still on that evening, when pleasure fills up
To the highest top sparkle each heart and each cup,
Where'er my path lies, be it gloomy or bright,
My soul, happy friends, shall be with you that night;
Shall join in your revels, your sports, and your wiles,
And return to me, beaming all o'er with your smiles --
Too blest, if it tells me that, 'mid the gay cheer,
Some kind voice has murmur'd, "I wish he were here!"
Let Fate do her worst, there are relics of joy,
Bright dreams of the past, which she cannot destroy;
Which come in the night-time of sorrow and care,
And bring back the features that joy used to wear.
Long, long be my heart with such memories fill'd!
Like the vase, in which roses have once been distill'd --
You may break, you may shatter the vase, if you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Scheme | AABBCCBB DDEEFFXX GGHHIIJJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010110010 1010011110110 11101111011 001111111011 11101101101 10111101111 111101011011 1010011110011 01111011011 101011011011 10111111011 11101111111 11011011011 0011110110111 11111111011 11111011101 11101111011 11101111001 11001111001 01101011111 11111111001 101011011101 111111001111 101101011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,243 |
Words | 236 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 316 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 78 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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