Analysis of Book Of Paradise - The Privileged Men
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
AFTER THE BATTLE OF BADE, BENEATH THE CANOPY OF HEAVEN.
LET the foeman sorrow o'er his dead,
Ne'er will they return again to light;
O'er our brethren let no tear be shed,
For they dwell above yon spheres so bright.
All the seven planets open throw
All their metal doors with mighty shock,
And the forms of those we loved below
At the gates of Eden boldly knock.
There they find, with bliss ne'er dream'd before,
Glories that my flight first show'd to eye,
When the wondrous steed my person bore
In one second through the realms on high.
Wisdom's trees, in cypress-order growing,
High uphold the golden apples sweet;
Trees of life, their spreading shadows throwing,
Shade each blossoming plant, each flow'ry seat.
Now a balmy zephyr from the East
Brings the heavenly maidens to thy view;
With the eye thou now dost taste the feast,
Soon the sight pervades thee through and through.
There they stand, to ask thee thy career:
Mighty plans? or dangerous bloody rout?
Thou'rt a hero, know they,--for Thourt here,
What a hero?--This they'll fathom out.
By thy wounds soon clearly this is shown,
Wounds that write thy fame's undying story;
Wounds the true believer mark alone,
When have perish'd joy and earthly glory.
To chiosks and arbors thou art brought,
Fill'd with checkered marble columns bright;
To the noble grape-juice, solace-fraught,
They the guest with kindly sips invite.
Youth! Thou'rt welcome more than e'er was youth
All alike are radiant and serene;
When thou tak'st one to thine heart with truth,
Of thy band she'll be the friend and queen.
So prepare thee for this place of rest,
Never can it now be changed again;
Maids like these will ever make thee blest,
Wines like these will never harm thy brain.
Scheme | X A BA B C DC D E FE F G HG H I JI J X KX K L ML M N BN B O PO P Q XQ X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001011010100110 101101011 111010111 10101011111 111011111 101010101 111011101 001111101 101110101 111111101 101111111 101011101 011010111 110101010 101010101 111110110 111001111 101010101 1010010111 101111101 101011101 111111101 1011100101 101011111 101011101 111110111 1111101010 101010101 1110101010 1101111 111010101 101011101 101110101 1110111011 1011100001 1111111111 111110101 101111111 101111101 111110111 111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,700 |
Words | 304 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 31 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 41 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 43 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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