Analysis of A Parting.
W M MacKeracher 1871 – 1913
Has the last farewell been spoken?
Have I ta'en the parting token
From thy lips so sweet?
Has their last soft word been spoken
Till again we meet?
Why is not thy hand extended?
Is my maiden queen offended?
Or does she forget?
No! my queen is not offended,
She is kindly yet.
For her eye is softly beaming,
And with tenderness is teeming,
Gentle as the dove's:
With a holy light is beaming -
Dare I call it love's?
But the time is fast advancing;
From the heaven of its glancing
I must rend my heart:
Treacherous Time is fast advancing,
And I must depart.
Ah! the pain the parting brings me!
As a serpent's fang it stings me,
Leaves me almost dead:
Ah! the faintness that it brings me
With the future fled!
'Tis a darkened night of sorrow,
Waiting for the light of morrow;
Thus it seems to me:
'Tis a night of pain and sorrow
While I want for thee.
Two long weeks of weary waiting,
All my happiness belating;
When will they be o'er?
Two long weeks of woful waiting
E'er I see thee more.
Scheme | AABAB CCDCD EEFEF EEGEG HHIHI JJHJH EEXEX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (23%) |
Metre | 1011110 111101010 11111 11111110 10111 11111010 11101010 11101 11111010 11101 10111010 01100110 10101 10101110 11111 10111010 10101110 11111 100111010 01101 10101011 10101111 1111 10101111 10101 10101110 10101110 11111 10111010 11111 11111010 111001 111110 1111110 101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 974 |
Words | 197 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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