Analysis of Book Of Suleika - Suleika 02
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
WHAT is by this stir reveal'd?
Doth the East glad tidings bring?
For my heart's deep wounds are heal'd
By his mild and cooling wing.
He the dust with sports doth meet,
And in gentle cloudlets chase;
To the vineleaf's safe retreat
Drives the insects' happy race,
Cools these burning cheeks of mine,
Checks the sun's fierce glow Adam,
Kisses, as he flies, the vine,
Flaunting over hill and plain.
And his whispers soft convey
Thousand greetings from my friend;
Ere these hills own night's dark sway,
Kisses greet me, without end.
Thus canst thou still onward go,
Serving friend and mourner too!
There, where lofty ramparts glow,
Soon the loved one shall I view.
Ah, what makes the heart's truth known,--
Love's sweet breath,--a newborn life,--
Learn I from his mouth alone,
In his breath alone is rife!
Scheme | A BA B C DC D E XE X F GF G H IH I J KJ K |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101 1011101 1111111 1110101 1011111 001011 101101 101101 1110111 1011110 1011101 1010101 0110101 1010111 1111111 1011011 1111101 1010101 111011 1011111 1110111 1110101 1111101 0110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 785 |
Words | 144 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 18 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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