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.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJ
Poetic Form
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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Modified on March 05, 2023

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