Analysis of Book Of Suleika - Suleika 03
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
ZEPHYR, for thy humid wing,
Oh, how much I envy thee!
Thou to him canst tidings bring
How our parting saddens me!
In my breast, a yearning still
As thy pinions wave, appears;
Flow'rs and eyes, and wood, and hill
At thy breath are steeped in tears.
Yet thy mild wing gives relief,
Soothes the aching eyelid's pain;
Ah, I else had died for grief,
Him ne'er hoped to see again.
To my love, then, quick repair,
Whisper softly to his heart;
Yet, to give him pain, beware,
Nor my bosom's pangs impart.
Tell him, but in accents coy,
That his love must be my life;
Both, with feelings fraught with joy,
In his presence will be rife.
Scheme | A BA B C XC X D XD X E FE F G HG H |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 1011101 1111101 1111101 11010101 0110101 111101 1010101 1111101 1111101 101011 1111111 1111101 1111101 1010111 1111101 111101 1110101 1111111 1110111 0110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 613 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 32 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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