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 |
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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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