Analysis of A Parable
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
I PICKED a rustic nosegay lately,
And bore it homewards, musing greatly;
When, heated by my hand, I found
The heads all drooping tow'rd the ground.
I plac'd them in a well-cool'd glass,
And what a wonder came to pass
The heads soon raised themselves once more.
The stalks were blooming as before,
And all were in as good a case
As when they left their native place.
So felt I, when I wond'ring heard
My song to foreign tongues transferr'd.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010110 01111010 11011111 01110101 11100111 01010111 01110111 01010101 01001101 11111101 11111111 11110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 457 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 2 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 171 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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