Analysis of From
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
SING no more in mournful tones
Of the loneliness of night;
For 'tis made, ye beauteous ones,
For all social pleasures bright.
As of old to man a wife
As his better half was given,
So the night is half our life,
And the fairest under heaven.
How can ye enjoy the day,
Which obstructs our rapture's tide?
Let it waste itself away;
Worthless 'tis for aught beside.
But when in the darkling hours
From the lamp soft rays are glowing,
And from mouth to mouth sweet showers,
Now of jest, now love, are flowing,--
When the nimble, wanton boy,
Who so wildly spends his days,
Oft amid light sports with joy
O'er some trifling gift delays,
When the nightingale is singing
Strains the lover holds so dear,
Though like sighs and wailings ringing
In the mournful captive's ear,--
With what heart-emotion blest
Do ye hearken to the bell,
Wont of safety and of rest
With twelve solemn strokes to tell!
Therefore in each heavy hour,
Let this precept fill your heart:
O'er each day will sorrow loud,
Rapture ev'ry night impart.
Scheme | X AX A B CB C D ED E F GF G H IH I G XG X J KJ K X LX L |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101 1010011 111111 1110101 1111101 11101110 10111101 00101010 1110101 1011011 1110101 1011101 1100110 10111110 01111110 11111110 1010101 1110111 1011111 10110101 10100110 1010111 1110110 001011 1110101 111101 1110011 1110111 1011010 111111 10111101 101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 987 |
Words | 186 |
Sentences | 7 |
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) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 33 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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