Analysis of Food In Travel
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
IF to her eyes' bright lustre I were blind,
No longer would they serve my life to gild.
The will of destiny must be fulfilid,--
This knowing, I withdrew with sadden'd mind.
No further happiness I now could find:
The former longings of my heart were still'd;
I sought her looks alone, whereon to build
My joy in life,--all else was left behind.
Wine's genial glow, the festal banquet gay,
Ease, sleep, and friends, all wonted pleasures glad
I spurn'd, till little there remain'd to prove.
Now calmly through the world I wend my way:
That which I crave may everywhere be had,
With me I bring the one thing needful--love.
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Metre | 1101110101 1101111111 011100111 1101011101 1101001111 0101011101 110101111 1101111101 110101101 110111101 1111010111 1101011111 111111011 1111011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 613 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 476 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 111 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 07, 2023
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