Analysis of New Love, New Life
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
HEART! my heart! what means this feeling?
What oppresseth thee so sore?
What strange life is o'er me stealing!
I acknowledge thee no more.
Fled is all that gave thee gladness,
Fled the cause of all thy sadness,
Fled thy peace, thine industry-
Ah, why suffer it to be?
Say, do beauty's graces youthful,
Does this form so fair and bright,
Does this gaze, so kind, so truthful,
Chain thee with unceasing might?
Would I tear me from her boldly,
Courage take, and fly her coldly,
Back to her. I'm forthwith led
By the path I seek to tread.
By a thread I ne'er can sever,
For 'tis 'twined with magic skill,
Doth the cruel maid for ever
Hold me fast against my will.
While those magic chains confine me,
To her will I must resign me.
Ah, the change in truth is great!
Love! kind love! release me straight!
Scheme | A BA BCC D D E FE FDD G G H IH IDD J J |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111110 11111 111110110 1010111 1111111 10111110 1111100 1110111 1111010 1111101 11111110 1110101 11111010 10101010 1101111 1011111 10111110 1111101 10101110 1110111 11101011 10111011 1010111 1110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 783 |
Words | 152 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 41 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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