This is an analysis of The Farewell by Henry King.
Splendidis longum valedico nugis.
Farewell fond Love, under whose childish whip,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X XXabccddeeffgghhaXiieebb
- Stanza lengths: 1,24,
- Metre: 10010100010 1111101101 1111010100 1111111100 0111110101 1101110110 110111010 11111111010 10110101010 1111110101 111111010 1011110101 1001010001 1111011101 1111111111 1111011101 1101110100 11000100100 1001110101 1101001001 0100010111 1101010111 1111010101 1101101101 0101000111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 25