Analysis of Warning
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
WAKEN not Amor from sleep! The beauteous urchin still slumbers;
Go, and complete thou the task, that to the day is assign'd!
Thus doth the prudent mother with care turn time to her profit,
While her babe is asleep, for 'twill awake but too soon.
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011011011011 10011011101101 110101011111010 1011011101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 250 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 48 |
| Words per line (avg) | 11 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 191 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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