Analysis of Autumn Feelings

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



FLOURISH greener, as ye clamber,
Oh ye leaves, to seek my chamber,

Up the trellis'd vine on high!
May ye swell, twin-berries tender,
Juicier far,--and with more splendour

Ripen, and more speedily!
O'er ye broods the sun at even
As he sinks to rest, and heaven

Softly breathes into your ear
All its fertilising fullness,
While the moon's refreshing coolness,

Magic-laden, hovers near;
And, alas! ye're watered ever

By a stream of tears that rill
From mine eyes--tears ceasing never,

Tears of love that nought can still!


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Poetic Form
Metre 10101110 11111110 101111 11111010 01010111 1001100 101101110 11111010 1010111 11110 10101010 1010101 001111010 1011111 11111010 1111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 511
Words 90
Sentences 5
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 58
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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