This is an analysis of Farewell To Italy by Frances Anne Kemble.

Farewell awhile, beautiful Italy!
My lonely bark is launched upon the sea…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abccddeebbbbffgghhddccddiibaggba
  • Stanza lengths: 32,
  • Metre: 1101100100 1101010101 1111101101 1011111101 1101010101 1111001101 1110110111 11001010101 11110111001 110010111111 1100011101 0111010111 1111110111 1101011111 11010010111 10001110101 1100111111 1101010101 11010110001 0101110001 1111111101 0101010011 1101011101 11110011111 11001010111 1101110101 10110101001 1101010100 1011001101 1101010101 0101001111 1111111100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

still

Anadiplosis

land