Like And Like

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)



A FAIR bell-flower

Sprang tip from the ground;
And early its fragrance

It shed all around;
A bee came thither

And sipp'd from its bell;
That they for each other

Were made, we see well.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 17, 2023

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Scheme A BX BA CA C
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 185
Words 37
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 2, 2, 1

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