Analysis of Book Of Suleika - Love For Love
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
LOVE for love, and moments sweet,
Lips returning kiss for kiss,
Word for word, and eyes that meet;
Breath for breath, and bliss for bliss.
Thus at eve, and thus the morrow!
Yet thou feeblest, at my lay,
Ever some half-hidden sorrow;
Could I Joseph's graces borrow,
All thy beauty I'd repay!
| Scheme | A BA BC DCC D |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110101 1010111 1110111 1110111 11101010 111111 10111010 1110101 1110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 290 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 44 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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