Analysis of Book Of Timur - To Suleika
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
FITTING perfumes to prepare,
And to raise thy rapture high,
Must a thousand rosebuds fair
First in fiery torments die.
One small flask's contents to glean,
Whose sweet fragrance aye may live,
Slender as thy finger e'en,
Must a world its treasures give;
Yes, a world where life is moving,
Which, with impulse full and strong,
Could forbode the Bulbul's loving,
Sweet, and spirit-stirring song.
Since they thus have swell'd our joy,
Should such torments grieve us, then?
Doth not Timur's rule destroy
Myriad souls of living men?
Scheme | A BA B X XC X D ED E F CF C |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001101 0111101 101011 1010011 1111011 1110111 10111011 1011101 10111110 1110101 110110 1010101 11111101 111111 111101 10011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 519 |
Words | 90 |
Sentences | 5 |
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) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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