Analysis of To My Friend - Ode II
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
THOU go'st! I murmur--
Go! let me murmur.
Oh, worthy man,
Fly from this land!
Deadly marshes,
Steaming mists of October
Here interweave their currents,
Blending for ever.
Noisome insects
Here are engender'd;
Fatal darkness
Veils their malice.
The fiery-tongued serpent,
Hard by the sedgy bank,
Stretches his pamper'd body,
Caress'd by the sun's bright beams.
Tempt no gentle night-rambles
Under the moon's cold twilight!
Loathsome toads hold their meetings
Yonder at every crossway.
Injuring not,
Fear will they cause thee.
Oh, worthy man,
Fly from this land!
| Scheme | aaBC daxa xxee xxfx dxxx xfBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111110 11110 1101 1111 1010 1011010 101110 10110 11 11010 1010 1110 0100110 11011 1011010 0110111 111011 100111 1011110 1011001 1001 11111 1101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 544 |
| Words | 90 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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