Analysis of Book Of Gloom

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



IT is a fault oneself to praise,
And yet 'tis done by each whose deeds are kind;
And if there's no deceit in what he says,
The good we still as good shall find.
Let, then, ye fools, that wise man taste

Of joy, who fancies that he s wise,
That he, a fool like you, may waste
Th' insipid thanks the world supplies.


Scheme XAXAB CBC
Poetic Form
Metre 1101111 0111111111 0111010111 01111111 11111111 111101111 11011111 11110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 313
Words 66
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 5, 3
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 117
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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