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.


Scheme ABBAXBBA ABAABB
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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Charlotte Mary Mew

Charlotte Mary Mew was an English poet whose work spans the eras of Victorian poetry and Modernism.  more…

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