This is an analysis of A Farewell by George William Russell.
I GO down from the hills half in gladness, and half with a pain I depart,
Where the Mother with gentlest breathing made music on lip and in heart;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbcc ddee
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 111001101011001101 101001001011011101 11111110100111001 101111001111001101 111010101001001001 111011001101001101 111001001101001101 11101111100100101 101101101011111011 101001001101001111 101101101001001101 111001001011011011
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
i, in, and, , of
Anaphora
and, i
