Analysis of For Ever
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
THE happiness that man, whilst prison'd here,
Is wont with heavenly rapture to compare,--
The harmony of Truth, from wavering clear,--
Of Friendship that is free from doubting care,--
The light which in stray thoughts alone can cheer
The wise,--the bard alone in visions fair,--
In my best hours I found in her all this,
And made mine own, to mine exceeding bliss.
| Scheme | X AB AB ACC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0100111101 11110010101 01001111001 1101111101 0110110111 0101010101 01110110011 0111110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 365 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 70 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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