Analysis of To Emma
Friedrich Schiller 1759 (Marbach am Neckar) – 1805 (Weimar)
Far away, where darkness reigneth,
All my dreams of bliss are flown;
Yet with love my gaze remaineth
Fixed on one fair star alone.
But, alas! that star so bright
Sheds no lustre save by night.
If in slumbers ending never,
Gloomy death had sealed thine eyes,
Thou hadst lived in memory ever--
Thou hadst lived still in my sighs;
But, alas! in light thou livest--
To my love no answer givest!
Can the sweet hopes love once cherished
Emma, can they transient prove?
What has passed away and perished--
Emma, say, can that be love?
That bright flame of heavenly birth--
Can it die like things of earth?
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011101 1111111 111111 1111101 1011111 1110111 1011010 1011111 111010010 1111011 1010111 1111101 10111110 1011101 11101010 1011111 11111001 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 671 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 154 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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