Analysis of Poetry
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
GOD to his untaught children sent
Law, order, knowledge, art, from high,
And ev'ry heav'nly favour lent,
The world's hard lot to qualify.
They knew not how they should behave,
For all from Heav'n stark-naked came;
But Poetry their garments gave,
And then not one had cause for shame.
| Scheme | A BA BC DC D |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111101 11010111 01111 0111110 11111101 11111101 11001101 01111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 284 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 44 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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