Analysis of The Book Of Paradise - The Favoured Beast
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
Or beasts there have been chosen four
To come to Paradise,
And there with saints for evermore
They dwell in happy wise.
Amongst them all the Ass stands first;
He comes with joyous stride,
For to the Prophet-City erst
Did Jesus on him ride.
Half timid next a Wolf doth creep,
To whom Mahomet spake
'Spoil not the poor man of his sheep,
The rich man's thou mayst take.'
And then the brave and faithful Hound,
Who by his master kept,
And slept with him the slumbers sound
The seven sleepers slept.
Abuherrira's Cat, too, here,
Purrs round his master blest,
For holy must the beast appear
The Prophet hath caress'd.
Scheme | A XA X B CB C D ED E F GF G X HX H |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11111101 11110 0111110 110101 01110111 111101 11010101 110111 11010111 1111 11011111 011111 01010101 111101 0111011 010101 1111 111101 11010101 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 600 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 32 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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