Analysis of The New Amor
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
AMOR, not the child, the youthful lover of Psyche,
Look'd round Olympus one day, boldly, to triumph inured;
There he espied a goddess, the fairest amongst the immortals,--
Venus Urania she,--straight was his passion inflamed.
Even the holy one powerless proved, alas! 'gainst his wooing,--
Tightly embraced in his arm, held her the daring one fast.
Then from their union arose a new, a more beauteous Amor,
Who from his father his wit, grace from his mother derives.
Ever thou'lt find him join'd in the kindly Muses' communion,
And his charm-laden bolt foundeth the love of the arts.
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Metre | 1010101010110 11010111011001 111010010010010 10111111001 1001011001011110 10010111001011 11110010101110 11110111111001 101111001010010 011101101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 583 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 45 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 453 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 99 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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