Analysis of Book Of Hafis - The Unlimited
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
THAT thou can't never end, doth make thee great,
And that thou ne'er beginnest, is thy fate.
Thy song is changeful as yon starry frame,
End and beginning evermore the same;
And what the middle bringeth, but contains
What was at first, and what at last remains.
Thou art of joy the true and minstrel-source,
From thee pours wave on wave with ceaseless force.
A mouth that's aye prepared to kiss,
A breast whence flows a loving song,
A throat that finds no draught amiss,
An open heart that knows no wrong.
And what though all the world should sink!
Hafis, with thee, alone with thee
Will I contend! joy, misery,
The portion of us twain shall be;
Like thee to love, like thee to drink,--
This be my pride,--this, life to me!
Now, Song, with thine own fire be sung,--
For thou art older, thou more young!
Scheme | AABBCCDDE FE F G H H HG H II |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1111011111 01111111 111111101 100101001 010101101 1111011101 1111010101 1111111101 01110111 01110101 01111101 11011111 01110111 1110111 11011100 01011111 11111111 11111111 111111011 11110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 790 |
Words | 153 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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