Analysis of Book Of Suleika - The Reunion
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
CAN it be! of stars the star,
Do I press thee to my heart?
In the night of distance far,
What deep gulf, what bitter smart!
Yes, 'tis thou, indeed, at last,
Of my joys the partner dear!
Mindful, though, of sorrows past,
I the present needs must fear.
When the still-unfashion'd earth
Lay on God's eternal breast,
He ordain'd its hour of birth,
With creative joy possess'd.
Then a heavy sigh arose,
When He spake the sentence:--"Be!"
And the All, with mighty throes,
Burst into reality.
And when thus was born the light,
Darkness near it fear'd to stay,
And the elements with might
Fled on every side away;
Each on some far-distant trace,
Each with visions wild employ,
Numb, in boundless realm of space,
Harmony and feeling-void.
Dumb was all, all still and dead,
For the first time, God alone!
Then He form'd the morning-red,
Which soon made its kindness known:
It unravelled from the waste,
Bright and glowing harmony,
And once more with love was grac'd
What contended formerly.
And with earnest, noble strife,
Each its own Peculiar sought;
Back to full, unbounded life
Sight and feeling soon were brought.
Wherefore, if 'tis done, explore
How? why give the manner, name?
Allah need create no more,
We his world ourselves can frame.
So, with morning pinions bright,
To thy mouth was I impell'd;
Stamped with thousand seals by night,
Star-clear is the bond fast held.
Paragons on earth are we
Both of grief and joy sublime,
And a second sentence:--"Be!"
Parts us not a second time.
Scheme | A BA BC DC D E FE FG HG H I JI JK XK X L ML MN HN H O PO PQ RQ R I SI SH TH T |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101 1111111 0011101 1111101 1110111 1110101 1011101 1010111 10111 1110101 10111011 1010101 1010101 1110101 0011101 10110 0111101 1011111 0010011 11100101 1111101 1110101 1010111 1000101 1111101 1011101 1110101 1111101 11101 1010100 0111111 1010100 0110101 1110101 1110101 1010101 111101 1110101 1010111 11100111 111011 1111101 1110111 1110111 11111 1110101 0010101 1110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,443 |
Words | 265 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 30 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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