Analysis of Admonition

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)



WHEREFORE ever ramble on?

For the Good is lying near,
Fortune learn to seize alone,

For that Fortune's ever here.


Scheme X XX X
Poetic Form
Metre 110101 1011101 1011101 1110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 118
Words 22
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 1
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 30
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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