Analysis of Farewell
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
FAREWELL, and when forth
I through the Golden Gates to Golden Isles
Steer without smiling, through the sea of smiles,
Isle upon isle, in the seas of the south,
Isle upon island, sea upon sea,
Why should I sail, why should the breeze?
I have been young, and I have counted friends.
A hopeless sail I spread, too late, too late.
Why should I from isle to isle
Sail, a hopeless sailor?
| Scheme | ABBCDEFGHI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1011 1101011101 1011010111 1011001101 101101011 11111101 1111011101 0101111111 1111111 101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 381 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 295 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 72 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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