Analysis of Song Of Parting
James Whitcomb Riley 1849 (Greenfield) – 1916 (Indianapolis)
Say farewell, and let me go;
Shatter every vow!
All the future can bestow
Will be welcome now!
And if this fair hand I touch
I have worshipped overmuch,
It was my mistake--and so,
Say farewell, and let me go.
Say farewell, and let me go:
Murmur no regret,
Stay your tear-drops ere they flow--
Do not waste them yet!
They might pour as pours the rain,
And not wash away the pain:
I have tried them and I know.--
Say farewell, and let me go.
Say farewell, and let me go:
Think me not untrue--
True as truth is, even so
I am true to you!
If the ghost of love may stay
Where my fond heart dies to-day,
I am with you alway--so,
Say farewell, and let me go.
| Scheme | AbabccaA AdadeeaA AfafggaA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111 101001 1010101 11101 0111111 11101 1110101 110111 110111 10101 1111111 11111 1111101 0110101 1111011 110111 110111 11101 1111101 11111 1011111 1111111 111111 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 636 |
| Words | 134 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 161 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 13, 2023
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