Analysis of Authors
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
OVER the meadows, and down the stream,
And through the garden-walks straying,
He plucks the flowers that fairest seem;
His throbbing heart brooks no delaying.
His maiden then comes--oh, what ecstasy!
Thy flowers thou giv'st for one glance of her eye!
The gard'ner next door o'er the hedge sees the youth:
"I'm not such a fool as that, in good truth;
My pleasure is ever to cherish each flower,
And see that no birds my fruit e'er devour.
But when 'tis ripe, your money, good neighbour!
'Twas not for nothing I took all this labour!"
And such, methinks, are the author-tribe.
The one his pleasures around him strews,
That his friends, the public, may reap, if they choose;
The other would fain make them all subscribe.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10010101 01010110 110101101 110111010 1101111100 11011111101 01111001101 1110111011 110110110110 011111110010 111111011 1111011111 01110101 011100111 11101011111 0101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 710 |
Words | 129 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 3, 7, 1, 2 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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