Analysis of Anacreon's Grave
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
HERE where the roses blossom, where vines round the laurels are twining,
Where the turtle-dove calls, where the blithe cricket is heard,
Say, whose grave can this be, with life by all the Immortals
Beauteously planted and deck'd?--Here doth Anacreon sleep
Spring and summer and autumn rejoiced the thrice-happy minstrel,
And from the winter this mound kindly hath screen'd him at last.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010111010110 1010111011011 11111111110010 110011111 101001001011010 01010111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 388 |
Words | 65 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 52 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 155 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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