Analysis of The Best State
Friedrich Schiller 1759 (Marbach am Neckar) – 1805 (Weimar)
'How can I know the best state?'
In the way that thou know'st the best woman;
Namely, my friend, that the world ever is silent of both.
Scheme | ABC |
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Poetic Form | Tercet |
Metre | 1111011 00111110110 10111011011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 154 |
Words | 30 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 3 |
Lines Amount | 3 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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