“Hence” indicates spatial or temporal departure (“Get thee hence!” or “three years hence”). It appears in curses, prophecies, and narrative poetry to mark exile, progression, or consequence. Its finality suits tragic or decisive moments, and its monosyllabic force fits metrical lines. Though still used, its archaic weight in verse emphasizes irrevocable separation or the march of time.

Hence means "from here" (place), "from now" (time), or "therefore" (logic). Multiple meanings require careful attention to context. "Get thee hence" means "go away from here." "A week hence" means "a week from now." "Hence it follows" means "therefore" or "as a result." Shakespeare uses all three meanings: "Get thee hence" (place), "a day hence" (time), "hence comes it" (causation). Students analyzing logic should recognize hence as a conclusion marker. In poetry, hence provides transition or commands departure. The spatial sense relates to "hither" (to here) and "thither" (to there). Etymology from Old English heonan (from here). Modern English preserves hence mainly in formal or logical discourse and the fixed phrase "hence forth."