Analysis of A Farewell
Charlotte Mary Mew 1869 (Bloomsbury, London) – 1928 (London)
Remember me and smile, as smiling too,
I have remembered things that went their way--
The dolls with which I grew too wise to play--
Or over-wise--kissed, as children do,
And so dismissed them; yes, even as yoy
Have done with this poor piece of painted clay--
Not wantonly, but wisely, shall we say?
As one who, haply, tunes his heart anew.
Only I wish her eyes may not be blue,
The eyes of a new angel. Ah! she may
Miss something that I found,--perhaps the clue
To those long silences of yours, which grew
Into one word. And should she not be gay,
Poor lady! Well, she too must have her day.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101011101 1101011111 0111111111 110111101 0101111011 1111111101 1100110111 111111101 1011011111 0110110111 1101110101 1111001111 0111011111 1101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 600 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 224 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 10, 2023
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