Analysis of Before A Court Of Justice
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
THE father's name ye ne'er shall be told
Of my darling unborn life;
"Shame, shame," ye cry, "on the strumpet bold!"
Yet I'm an honest wife.
To whom I'm wedded, ye ne'er shall be told,
Yet he's both loving and fair;
He wears on his neck a chain of gold,
And a hat of straw doth he wear.
If scorn 'tis vain to seek to repel,
On me let the scorn be thrown.
I know him well, and he knows me well,
And to God, too, all is known.
Sir Parson and Sir Bailiff, again,
I pray you, leave me in peace!
My child it is, my child 'twill remain,
So let your questionings cease!
Scheme | A BA B A CA C D ED E X FX F |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010111111 1110111 11111011 111101 1111011111 1111001 111110111 00111111 111111101 1110111 111101111 0111111 110011001 1111101 111111101 1111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 554 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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