Analysis of Amalia
Friedrich Schiller 1759 (Marbach am Neckar) – 1805 (Weimar)
Angel-fair, Walhalla's charms displaying,
Fairer than all mortal youths was he;
Mild his look, as May-day sunbeams straying
Gently o'er the blue and glassy sea.
And his kisses!--what ecstatic feeling!
Like two flames that lovingly entwine,
Like the harp's soft tones together stealing
Into one sweet harmony divine,--
Soul and soul embraced, commingled, blended,
Lips and cheeks with trembling passion burned,
Heaven and earth, in pristine chaos ended,
Round the blissful lovers madly turn'd.
He is gone--and, ah! with bitter anguish
Vainly now I breathe my mournful sighs;
He is gone--in hopeless grief I languish
Earthly joys I ne'er again can prize!
Scheme | ABAB ACAC DEDE FGFG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 10111010 101110111 111111110 1010010101 0110101010 111110001 1011101010 011110001 1010101010 1011100101 10010101010 101010101 1110111010 101111101 1110101110 101110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 652 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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