Analysis of Night Thoughts
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
OH, unhappy stars! your fate I mourn,
Ye by whom the sea-toss'd sailor's lighted,
Who with radiant beams the heav'ns adorn,
But by gods and men are unrequited:
For ye love not,--ne'er have learnt to love!
Ceaselessly in endless dance ye move,
In the spacious sky your charms displaying,
What far travels ye have hasten'd through,
Since, within my loved one's arms delaying,
I've forgotten you and midnight too!
Scheme | A XA XXXB CB C |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 101011111 1110111010 1110010101 111011010 111111111 100010111 0010111010 111011101 1011111010 10101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 409 |
Words | 72 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 4, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 64 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 05, 2023
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