Analysis of A Mournful One Am I
Walther von der Vogelweide 1170 (Austria) – 1230 (Würzburg)
A mournful one am I, above whose head
A day of perfect bliss hath never past;
Whatever joys my soul have ravished,
Soon was the radiance of those joys o'ercast.
And none can show me that substantial pleasure
Which will not pass away like bloom from flowers;
Therefore, no more my heart such joys shall treasure,
Nor pine for fading sweets and fleeting hours.
| Scheme | AXAA BCBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 0101110111 0110111101 1011111 1101001111 01111101010 11110111110 1111111110 11110101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 359 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 143 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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