Analysis of Book Of Parables - All Kinds Of Men

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



ALL kinds of men, both small and great,
A fine-spun web delight to create,
And in the middle they take their place,
And wield their scissors with wondrous grace.
But if a besom should sweep that way:
'What a most shameful thing,' they say,--
'They've crush'd a mighty palace to-day.'


Scheme AABBCCC
Poetic Form
Metre 11111101 011101101 000101111 011101101 11011111 10110111 110101011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 285
Words 55
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 215
Words per stanza (avg) 50
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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