Analysis of Joy
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
A DRAGON-FLY with beauteous wing
Is hov'ring o'er a silv'ry spring;
I watch its motions with delight,--
Now dark its colours seem, now bright;
Chameleon-like appear, now blue,
Now red, and now of greenish hue.
Would it would come still nearer me,
That I its tints might better see
It hovers, flutters, resting ne'er!
But hush! it settles on the mead.
I have it safe now, I declare!
And when its form I closely view,
'Tis of a sad and dingy blue--
Such, Joy-Dissector, is thy case indeed
Scheme | AABBCCDD E FE C CF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101111 1110011 11110101 1111111 010010111 11011101 11111101 11111101 11010101 11110101 11111101 01111101 11010101 11111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 483 |
Words | 91 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 1, 2, 1, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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