Analysis of The Doubters And The Lovers

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)



YE love, and sonnets write! Fate's strange behest!
The heart, its hidden meaning to declare,
Must seek for rhymes, uniting pair with pair:
Learn, children, that the will is weak, at best.
Scarcely with freedom the o'erflowing breast
As yet can speak, and well may it beware;
Tempestuous passions sweep each chord that's there,
Then once more sink to night and gentle rest.
Why vex yourselves and us, the heavy stone
Up the steep path but step by step to roll?
It falls again, and ye ne'er cease to strive.

But we are on the proper road alone!
If gladly is to thaw the frozen soul,
The fire of love must aye be kept alive.


Scheme ABBAABBACDE CDE
Poetic Form
Metre 1101011101 0111010101 1111010111 1101011111 10110011 1111011101 1001011111 1111110101 1101010101 1011111111 1101011111 1111010101 1101110101 01011111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 640
Words 121
Sentences 11
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 11, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 241
Words per stanza (avg) 58
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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