Analysis of May
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
LIGHT and silv'ry cloudlets hover
In the air, as yet scarce warm;
Mild, with glimmer soft tinged over,
Peeps the sun through fragrant balm.
Gently rolls and heaves the ocean
As its waves the bank o'erflow.
And with ever restless motion
Moves the verdure to and fro,
Mirror'd brightly far below.
What is now the foliage moving?
Air is still, and hush'd the breeze,
Sultriness, this fullness loving,
Through the thicket, from the trees.
Now the eye at once gleams brightly,
See! the infant band with mirth
Moves and dances nimbly, lightly,
As the morning gave it birth,
Flutt'ring two and two o'er earth.
Scheme | A XA XB CB X C D ED EC FC F F |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101110 0011111 11101110 1011101 10101010 111011 01101010 101101 1010101 11101010 1110101 111010 1010101 10111110 1010111 10101010 1010111 1101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 593 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 39 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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