Analysis of Blindman's Buff

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)



OH, my Theresa dear!
Thine eyes, I greatly fear,

Can through the bandage see!
Although thine eyes are bound,
By thee I'm quickly found,

And wherefore shouldst thou catch but me?

Ere long thou held'st me fast,
With arms around me cast,

Upon thy breast I fell;
Scarce was thy bandage gone,
When all my joy was flown,

Thou coldly didst the blind repel.

He groped on ev'ry side,
His limbs he sorely tried,

While scoffs arose all round;
If thou no love wilt give,
In sadness I shall live,

As if mine eyes remain'd still bound.


Scheme AA BCC B DD EXX E FF CXX C
Poetic Form
Metre 110101 111101 110101 11111 111101 0111111 1111111 110111 011111 111101 111111 11010101 11111 111101 110111 111111 010111 11110111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 512
Words 99
Sentences 6
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 45
Words per stanza (avg) 11
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 10, 2023

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