Analysis of Declaration Of War
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
OH, would I resembled
The country girls fair,
Who rosy-red ribbons
And yellow hats wear!
To believe I was pretty
I thought was allow'd;
In the town I believed it
When by the youth vow'd.
Now that Spring hath return'd,
All my joys disappear;
The girls of the country
Have lured him from here.
To change dress and figure,
Was needful I found,
My bodice is longer,
My petticoat round.
My hat now is yellow.
My bodice like snow;
The clover to sickle
With others I go.
Something pretty, e'er long
Midst the troop he explores;
The eager boy signs me
To go within doors.
I bashfully go,--
Who I am, he can't trace;
He pinches my cheeks,
And he looks in my face.
The town girl now threatens
You maidens with war;
Her twofold charms pledges .
Of victory are.
Scheme | X AB A C DX D X XC X E FE F G GX G X HC H G IX I B XX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111010 01011 110110 01011 1011110 11101 0011011 11011 111101 11101 011010 11111 111010 11011 110110 1101 111110 11011 010110 11011 1010101 101101 010111 11011 111 111111 1111 011011 011110 11011 011110 11001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 726 |
Words | 143 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 24 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 24 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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