Analysis of Burial
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
To the grave one day from a house they bore
A maiden;
To the window the citizens went to explore;
In splendour they lived, and with wealth as of yore
Their banquets were laden.
Then thought they: "The maid to the tomb is now borne;
We too from our dwellings ere long must be torn,
And he that is left our departure to mourn,
To our riches will be the successor,
For some one must be their possessor.
Scheme | A BAA BCCC D D |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 1011110111 010 101001001101 0111011111 110010 11101101111 111101011111 011111001011 11010110010 111111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 398 |
Words | 80 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 4, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 12, 2023
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