Analysis of Fortune And Wisdom
Friedrich Schiller 1759 (Marbach am Neckar) – 1805 (Weimar)
Enraged against a quondam friend,
To Wisdom once proud Fortune said
"I'll give thee treasures without end,
If thou wilt be my friend instead."
"My choicest gifts to him I gave,
And ever blest him with my smile;
And yet he ceases not to crave,
And calls me niggard all the while."
"Come, sister, let us friendship vow!
So take the money, nothing loth;
Why always labor at the plough?
Here is enough I'm sure for both!"
Sage wisdom laughed,--the prudent elf!--
And wiped her brow, with moisture hot:
"There runs thy friend to hang himself,--
Be reconciled--I need thee not!"
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EXEX FGFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 0101011 11011101 11110011 11111101 11011111 01011111 01110111 01110101 11011101 11010101 1110101 11011111 11010101 01011101 11111101 1101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 573 |
| Words | 110 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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