Analysis of Thekla - A Spirit Voice
Friedrich Schiller 1759 (Marbach am Neckar) – 1805 (Weimar)
Whither was it that my spirit wended
When from thee my fleeting shadow moved?
Is not now each earthly conflict ended?
Say,--have I not lived,--have I not loved?
Art thou for the nightingales inquiring
Who entranced thee in the early year
With their melody so joy-inspiring?
Only whilst they loved they lingered here.
Is the lost one lost to me forever?
Trust me, with him joyfully I stray
There, where naught united souls can sever,
And where every tear is wiped away.
And thou, too, wilt find us in yon heaven,
When thy love with our love can compare;
There my father dwells, his sins forgiven,--
Murder foul can never reach him there.
And he feels that him no vision cheated
When he gazed upon the stars on high;
For as each one metes, to him 'tis meted;
Who believes it, hath the Holy nigh.
Faith is kept in those blest regions yonder
With the feelings true that ne'er decay.
Venture thou to dream, then, and to wander
Noblest thoughts oft lie in childlike play.
Scheme | AAAA BXBX CDCD EFEF AGAG CDCD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 101111101 11111011 1111101010 111111111 111010100 101100101 1110011010 101111101 1011111010 111110011 1110101110 0110011101 0111110110 1111101101 1110111010 101110111 0111111010 111010111 1111111110 101110101 1110111010 101011101 1011110110 10111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 962 |
Words | 180 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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