Analysis of Minstrel's Book - Discord
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
WHEN by the brook his strain
Cupid is fluting,
And on the neighboring plain
Mayors disputing,
There turns the ear ere long,
Loving and tender,
Yet to the noise a song
Soon must surrender.
Loud then the flute-notes glad
Sound 'mid war's thunder;
If I grow raving mad,
Is it a wonder?
Flutes sing and trumpets bray,
Waxing yet stronger;
If, then, my senses stray,
Wonder no longer.
| Scheme | ABABBCBCDCDCECEC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111 1011 0101001 10010 110111 10010 110101 11010 110111 11110 111101 11010 110101 10110 111101 10110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 372 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 295 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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