Analysis of Sound, Sweet Song
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
SOUND, sweet song, from some far land,
Sighing softly close at hand,
Now of joy, and now of woe!
Stars are wont to glimmer so.
Sooner thus will good unfold;
Children young and children old
Gladly hear thy numbers flow.
| Scheme | AA B B CCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111111 1010111 1110111 1111101 1011101 1010101 1011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 220 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 1, 1, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 43 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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