Analysis of To My Friend - Ode III
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
BE void of feeling!
A heart that soon is stirr'd,
Is a possession sad
Upon this changing earth.
Behrisch, let spring's sweet smile
Never gladden thy brow!
Then winter's gloomy tempests
Never will shadow it o'er.
Lean thyself ne'er on a maiden's
Sorrow-engendering breast.
Ne'er on the arm,
Misery-fraught, of a friend.
Already envy
From out his rocky ambush
Upon thee turns
The force of his lynx-like eyes,
Stretches his talons,
On thee falls,
In thy shoulders
Cunningly plants them.
Strong are his skinny arms,
As panther-claws;
He shaketh thee,
And rends thy frame.
Death 'tis to part,
'Tis threefold death
To part, not hoping
Ever to meet again.
Thou wouldst rejoice to leave
This hated land behind,
Wert thou not chain'd to me
With friendships flowery chains.
Burst them! I'll not repine.
No noble friend
Would stay his fellow-captive,
If means of flight appear.
The remembrance
Of his dear friend's freedom
Gives him freedom
In his dungeon.
Thou go'st,--I'm left.
But e'en already
The last year's winged spokes
Whirl round the smoking axle.
I number the turns
Of the thundering wheel;
The last one I bless.--
Each bar then is broken, I'm free then as thou!
Scheme | AXXX XBCX CXXD EXCC CCCX CCEX XXAF XXEC FDXX CGGX XECX CXCB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110 011111 100101 011101 11111 101011 110101 1011110 111101 1011 1101 1001101 01010 111101 0111 0111111 10110 111 0110 111 111101 1101 111 0111 1111 111 11110 101101 110111 110101 111111 1101001 11111 1101 1111010 111101 0010 111110 1110 0110 11111 111010 01111 1101010 11001 101001 01111 11111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,122 |
Words | 201 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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