Analysis of To A World-Reformer
Friedrich Schiller 1759 (Marbach am Neckar) – 1805 (Weimar)
"I Have sacrificed all," thou sayest, "that man I might succor;
Vain the attempt; my reward was persecution and hate."
Shall I tell thee, my friend, how I to humor him manage?
Trust the proverb! I ne'er have been deceived by it yet.
Thou canst not sufficiently prize humanity's value;
Let it be coined in deed as it exists in thy breast.
E'en to the man whom thou chancest to meet in life's narrow pathway,
If he should ask it of thee, hold forth a succoring hand.
But for rain and for dew, for the general welfare of mortals,
Leave thou Heaven to care, friend, as before, so e'en now.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110111111110 1001101101001 11111111110110 1010111101111 11101001010010 1111011101011 111011111101101 111111111011 111011101001110 11101111011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 631 |
| Words | 114 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 45 |
| Words per line (avg) | 11 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 446 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 111 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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