Analysis of Procemion
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
IN His blest name, who was His own creation,
Who from all time makes making his vocation;
The name of Him who makes our faith so bright,
Love, confidence, activity, and might;
In that One's name, who, named though oft He be,
Unknown is ever in Reality:
As far as ear can reach, or eyesight dim,
Thou findest but the known resembling Him;
How high so'er thy fiery spirit hovers,
Its simile and type it straight discovers
Onward thou'rt drawn, with feelings light and gay,
Where'er thou goest, smiling is the way;
No more thou numbrest, reckonest no time,
Each step is infinite, each step sublime.
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WHAT God would outwardly alone control,
And on his finger whirl the mighty Whole?
He loves the inner world to move, to view
Nature in Him, Himself in Nature too,
So that what in Him works, and is, and lives,
The measure of His strength, His spirit gives.
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WITHIN us all a universe doth dwell;
And hence each people's usage laudable,
That ev'ry one the Best that meets his eyes
As God, yea e'en his God, doth recognise;
To Him both earth and heaven surrenders he,
Fears Him, and loves Him too, if that may be.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFFGG HHIIJJ XXXECC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111111010 11111101010 01111110111 1100010001 0111111111 01110010 111111111 1110101001 111011001010 110111010 1011110101 101110101 1111111 1111001101 1 1111000101 0111010101 1101011111 1001010101 1110110101 0101111101 1 011101011 0111010100 111011111 111111111 11110100101 1101111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,096 |
Words | 206 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 14, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 284 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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