Analysis of Courage
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
CARELESSLY over the plain away,
Where by the boldest man no path
Cut before thee thou canst discern,
Make for thyself a path!
Silence, loved one, my heart!
Cracking, let it not break!
Breaking, break not with thee!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100100101 11010111 10111101 11101 101111 101111 101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 216 |
Words | 40 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 7 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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