Analysis of Hope
Friedrich Schiller 1759 (Marbach am Neckar) – 1805 (Weimar)
We speak with the lip, and we dream in the soul,
Of some better and fairer day;
And our days, the meanwhile, to that golden goal
Are gliding and sliding away.
Now the world becomes old, now again it is young,
But "The better" 's forever the word on the tongue.
At the threshold of life hope leads us in--
Hope plays round the mirthful boy;
Though the best of its charms may with youth begin,
Yet for age it reserves its toy.
| Scheme | ABABCC DEDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 11101011001 11100101 01010111101 11001001 101011101111 1010101001101 101111110 111011 10111111101 11110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 427 |
| Words | 85 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 163 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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