Analysis of The Drops Of Nectar
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
WHEN Minerva, to give pleasure
To Prometheus, her well-loved one,
Brought a brimming bowl of nectar
From the glorious realms of heaven
As a blessing for his creatures,
And to pour into their bosoms
Impulses for arts ennobling,
She with rapid footstep hasten'd,
Fearing Jupiter might see her,
And the golden goblet trembled,
And there fell a few drops from it
On the verdant plain beneath her.
Then the busy bees flew thither
Straightway, eagerly to drink them,
And the butterfly came quickly
That he, too, might find a drop there;
Even the misshapen spider
Thither crawl'd and suck'd with vigour.
To a happy end they tasted,
They, and other gentle insects!
For with mortals now divide they
Art - that noblest gift of all.
Scheme | ABABCCXXAXXAAXXXAA XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101110 110111 10101110 101001110 10101110 0110111 10011010 1110110 10100110 00101010 01101111 10101010 1010111 1100111 0010110 11111011 10001010 110111 10101110 1010101 11101011 1110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 708 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 18, 4 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 287 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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