Analysis of With A Painted Ribbon
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
LITTLE leaves and flow'rets too,
Scatter we with gentle hand,
Kind young spring-gods to the view,
Sporting on an airy band.
Zephyr, bear it on the wing,
Twine it round my loved one's dress;
To her glass then let her spring,
Full of eager joyousness.
Roses round her let her see,
She herself a youthful rose.
Grant, dear life, one look to me!
'Twill repay me all my woes,
What this bosom feels, feel thou.
Freely offer me thy hand;
Let the band that joins us now
Be no fragile rosy band!
Scheme | A BA B C DC D E FE F G BG B |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101011 1011101 1111101 1011101 1011101 1111111 1011101 11101 1010101 1010101 1111111 1011111 1110111 1010111 1011111 1110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 479 |
Words | 94 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 31 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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