Analysis of Sir Curt's Wedding-Journey
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
WITH a bridegroom's joyous bearing,
Mounts Sir Curt his noble beast,
To his mistress' home repairing,
There to hold his wedding feast;
When a threatening foe advances
From a desert, rocky spot;
For the fray they couch their lances,
Not delaying, speaking not.
Long the doubtful fight continues,
Victory then for Curt declares;
Conqueror, though with wearied sinews,
Forward on his road he fares.
When he sees, though strange it may be,
Something 'midst the foliage move;
'Tis a mother, with her baby,
Stealing softly through the grove!
And upon the spot she beckons--
"Wherefore, love, this speed so wild?
Of the wealth thy storehouse reckons,
Hast thou nought to give thy child!"
Flames of rapture now dart through him,
And he longs for nothing more,
While the mother seemeth to him
Lovely as the maid of yore.
But he hears his servants blowing,
And bethinks him of his bride;
And ere long, while onward going,
Chances past a fair to ride;
In the booths he forthwith buys him
For his mistress many a pledge;
But, alas! some Jews surprise him,
And long-standing debts allege.
And the courts of justice duly
Send the knight to prison straight.
Oh accursed story, truly!
For a hero, what a fate!
Can my patience such things weather?
Great is my perplexity.
Women, debts, and foes together,--
Ah, no knight escapes scot free!
Scheme | A BA BC DC D X EC EF XF X G HG HI JI J A KA KI LI L F MF MN FN F |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 1011010 1111101 11101010 1111101 101001010 1010101 1011111 1010101 10101010 10011101 10011101 1011111 11111111 1010101 10101010 1010101 00101110 111111 1011110 1111111 11101111 0111101 1010111 1010111 11111010 011111 01111010 1010111 00111111 11101001 10111011 0110101 00111010 1011101 111010 1010101 11101110 1110100 10101010 1110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,291 |
Words | 232 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 25 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 41 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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