Analysis of The Death Of The Fly
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
WITH eagerness he drinks the treach'rous potion,
Nor stops to rest, by the first taste misled;
Sweet is the draught, but soon all power of motion
He finds has from his tender members fled;
No longer has he strength to plume his wing,
No longer strength to raise his head, poor thing!
E'en in enjoyment's hour his life he loses,
His little foot to bear his weight refuses;
So on he sips, and ere his draught is o'er,
Death veils his thousand eyes for evermore.
Scheme | A BA BCCDDXX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1100110110 1111101101 110111110110 1111110101 1101111111 1101111111 11011011110 11011111010 11110111110 111101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 458 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 7 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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