Analysis of Leopold, Duke Of Brunswick
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
THOU wert forcibly seized by the hoary lord of the river,--
Holding thee, ever he shares with thee his streaming domain,
Calmly sleepest thou near his urn as it silently trickles,
Till thou to action art roused, waked by the swift-rolling flood.
Kindly be to the people, as when thou still wert a mortal,
Perfecting that as a god, which thou didst fail in, as man.
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| Metre | 111001101011010 10110111111001 10111111110010 11110111101101 101101011111010 01011011111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 367 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 48 |
| Words per line (avg) | 11 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 71 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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