Analysis of The Key
Friedrich Schiller 1759 (Marbach am Neckar) – 1805 (Weimar)
Wouldst thou know thyself, observe the actions of others.
Wouldst thou other men know, look thou within thine own heart.
Scheme | AB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101010110 1110111101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 133 |
Words | 22 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 2 |
Lines Amount | 2 |
Letters per line (avg) | 49 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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