This is an analysis of Goodbye by Dora Sigerson Shorter.
And so goodbye, my love, my dear, and so goodbye,
E'en thus from my sad heart go hence, depart;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcdcaXeefgbdbggaheeddXddaa XecdcXXhafXdddffggfdddiijjeXdgdkkll
- Stanza lengths: 27,35,
- Metre: 111111111111 10101111101 1111011111 110101110110 01110110101 1111001101 111101 0101011101 010100111 011111111111 1101010101 111111111101 01111110110 111101101 1101010111 01010001 111101001 11111100 110101011101 1100111101 1111010 11111110010 110101001110 01110101010 1101110 010111 110111 110111111100 11110011111 1101010101 10010101010 01010110101 11110111010 0111010 110100 110111 11110100101 1101111011 01011111010 10110101010 01010101010 01011111010 1111010 111101 110101 100111110111 11011111110 11011111010 11010111110 1101110111 101111 1111010 0111010 111111111111 1101111101 0101110 01111111010 101100111010 1111110101 1111110101 11001011 1110011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 62
Repeated words/phrases
and, my, their
Anaphora
i, and, the, they
Epiphora
you
