Analysis of The Instructors
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
WHEN Diogenes quietly sunn'd himself in his barrel,
When Calanus with joy leapt in the flame-breathing grave,
Oh, what noble lessons were those for the rash son of Philip,
Were not the lord of the world e'en for instruction too great!
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111001010110 11111001101 111010011011110 010110111101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 239 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 47 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 186 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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