Analysis of Another

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



Go! obedient to my call,

Turn to profit thy young days,

Wiser make betimes thy breast

In Fate's balance as it sways,

Seldom is the cock at rest;
Thou must either mount, or fall,

Thou must either rule and win,

Or submissively give in,
Triumph, or else yield to clamour:
Be the anvil or the hammer.


Scheme A B C B CA D DEE
Poetic Form Etheree  (30%)
Metre 10100111 1110111 101111 0110111 1010111 1110111 1110101 1110 1011111 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 297
Words 58
Sentences 3
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 33
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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