Analysis of Different Destinies
Friedrich Schiller 1759 (Marbach am Neckar) – 1805 (Weimar)
Millions busily toil, that the human race may continue;
But by only a few is propagated our kind.
Thousands of seeds by the autumn are scattered, yet fruit is engendered
Only by few, for the most back to the element go.
But if one only can blossom, that one is able to scatter
Even a bright living world, filled with creations eterne.
| Scheme | ABCDEA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101001101011010 1110011100101 10111010110111010 10111011101001 1111011011110110 1001101110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 343 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 44 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 264 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 62 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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