Analysis of Minstrel's Book - Talismans
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
GOD is of the east possess'd,
God is ruler of the west;
North and south alike, each land
Rests within His gentle hand.
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HE, the only righteous one,
Wills that right to each be done.
'Mongst His hundred titles, then,
Highest praised be this!--Amen.
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ERROR seeketh to deceive me,
Thou art able to retrieve me;
Both in action and in song
Keep my course from going wrong.
| Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110101 1110101 1010111 1011101 1 1010101 1111111 1110101 1011101 1 1011011 11101011 1010001 1111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 372 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 281 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 69 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 10, 2023
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