Analysis of Anniversary Song.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
Why pacest thou, my neighbour fair,
The garden all alone?
If house and land thou seek'st to guard,
I'd thee as mistress own.
My brother sought the cellar-maid,
And suffered her no rest;
She gave him a refreshing draught,
A kiss, too, she impress'd.
My cousin is a prudent wight,
The cook's by him ador'd;
He turns the spit round ceaselessly,
To gain love's sweet reward.
We six together then began
A banquet to consume,
When lo! a fourth pair singing came,
And danced into the room.
Welcome were they, and welcome too
Was a fifth jovial pair.
Brimful of news, and stored with tales
And jests both new and rare.
For riddles, spirit, raillery,
And wit, a place remain'd;
A sixth pair then our circle join'd,
And so that prize was gain'd.
And yet to make us truly blest,
One miss'd we, and full sore;
A true and tender couple came,
We needed them no more.
The social banquet now goes on,
Unchequer'd by alloy;
The sacred double-numbers then
Let us at once enjoy!
Scheme | A BX B X CX C X DX D X EF E X AX A A GX G C HF H X IX I |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 010101 110111111 111101 11010101 010011 11100101 011101 11010101 011101 11011100 111101 11010101 010101 11011101 010101 10010101 1011001 1110111 011101 110101 010101 011110101 011111 01111101 111011 01010101 110111 01010111 111 01010101 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 997 |
Words | 198 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 24 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 31 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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