Analysis of Different Threats

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



I ONCE into a forest far

My maiden went to seek,
And fell upon her neck, when: "Ah!"

She threaten'd, "I will shriek!"

Then cried I haughtily: "I'll crush

The man that dares come near thee!"
"Hush!" whisper'd she: "My loved one, hush!

Or else they'll overhear thee!"


Scheme X AX A B CB C
Poetic Form
Metre 11010101 110111 01010111 110111 11110011 0111111 11011111 1111011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 266
Words 55
Sentences 7
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 32
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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