475. Upon His Departure Hence
Thus IPass by,And die:As oneUnknownAnd gone:I'm madeA shade,And laidI' th' grave:There haveMy cave,Where tellI dwell.Farewell.
Words in this poem
- dwell v. i.
- To delay; to linger. [OE. dwellen, dwelien, to err, linger, AS. dwellan to deceive, hinder, delay, dwelian to err; akin to Icel. dvelja to delay, tarry, Sw. dväljas to dwell, Dan. dv]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
475. Upon His Departure Hence is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2, Project Gutenberg ebook #22421; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Robert Herrick, 475. Upon His Departure Hence, in Hesperides (1648), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #22421, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/herrick-hesperides/475-upon-his-departure-hence.html, id L05456.
Form and metre
475. Upon His Departure Hence is 15 lines in a single stanza. It is in rhyming couplets, 53% of the lines. 100% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 2.0 syllables. 47% of the lines run on without a stop at the line end.
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Rhyme words, stanza by stanza
The word that ends each line, lettered by the rhyme it makes; a dash is a line whose rhyme the dictionary could not confirm.
- 1 AAA---BBBCCCDDD iA · byA · dieA · one · unknown · gone · madeB · shadeB · laidB · graveC · haveC · caveC · tellD · dwellD · farewellD
Scansion, line by line
Each line with its syllable count and the stresses the words themselves fix: / stressed, ˘ unstressed, · a syllable the word leaves free and the metre decides. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| Thus I | 2 | ·· |
| Pass by, | 2 | ·· |
| And die: | 2 | ·· |
| As one | 2 | ·· |
| Unknown | 2 | ˘/ |
| And gone: | 2 | ·· |
| I'm made | 2 | ·· |
| A shade, | 2 | ·· |
| And laid | 2 | ·· |
| I' th' grave: | 2 | ·· |
| There have | 2 | ·· |
| My cave, | 2 | ·· |
| Where tell | 2 | ·· |
| I dwell. | 2 | ·· |
| Farewell. | 2 | ·/ |
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