Analysis of Vale
Dora Sigerson Shorter 1866 (Dublin) – 1918
Good-bye, sweet friend, good-bye,
And all the world must be
Between my friend and me;
And nothing is, dear heart,
But hands that meet to part;
Good-bye, sweet friend, good-bye.
Good-bye, sweet love, good-bye,
And one long grave must be
Between my love and me;
What comfort there, dear heart,
For hands that meet to part?
Good-bye, sweet love, good-bye.
Scheme | AbbccA AbbccA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 010111 011101 010111 111111 111111 111111 011111 011101 110111 111111 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 344 |
Words | 61 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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