Analysis of Sicilian Song
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
YE black and roguish eyes,
If ye command.
Each house in ruins lies,
No town can stand.
And shall my bosom's chain,--
This plaster wall,
To think one moment, deign,--
Shall I not fall?
| Scheme | A BA BC DC D |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011 1101 110101 1111 01111 1101 111101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 184 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 27 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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