Analysis of March
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
THE snow-flakes fall in showers,
The time is absent still,
When all Spring's beauteous flowers,
When all Spring's beauteous flowers
Our hearts with joy shall fill.
With lustre false and fleeting
The sun's bright rays are thrown;
The swallow's self is cheating:
The swallow's self is cheating,
And why? He comes alone!
Can I e'er feel delighted
Alone, though Spring is near?
Yet when we are united,
Yet when we are united,
The Summer will be here.
| Scheme | a bAA b c dCC d e xEE x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111010 011101 111110 111110 1011111 1101010 011111 011110 011110 011101 11101010 011111 1111010 1111010 010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 440 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 39 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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