Analysis of Book Of Suleika - These Tufted Branches
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
THESE tufted branches fair
Observe, my loved one, well!
And see the fruits they bear
In green and prickly shell!
They've hung roll'd up, till now,
Unconsciously and still;
A loosely-waving bough
Doth rock them at its will.
Yet, ripening from within.
The kernel brown swells fast;
It seeks the air to win,
It seeks the sun at last.
With joy it bursts its thrall,
The shell must needs give way.
'Tis thus my numbers fall
Before thy feet, each day.
| Scheme | A BA B C DC D E FE F G HG H |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 011111 010111 010101 111111 10001 010101 111111 1100101 010111 110111 110111 111111 011111 111101 011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 438 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 12 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 29 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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