Analysis of By The River
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
FLOW on, ye lays so loved, so fair,
On to Oblivion's ocean flow!
May no rapt boy recall you e'er,
No maiden in her beauty's glow!
My love alone was then your theme,
But now she scorns my passion true.
Ye were but written in the stream;
As it flows on, then, flow ye too!
| Scheme | X AX A B CB C |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111111 111101 11111110 1100011 11011111 11111101 10110001 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 271 |
| Words | 57 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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