Analysis of Calm At Sea
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
SILENCE deep rules o'er the waters,
Calmly slumb'ring lies the main,
While the sailor views with trouble
Nought but one vast level plain.
Not a zephyr is in motion!
Silence fearful as the grave!
In the mighty waste of ocean
Sunk to rest is ev'ry wave.
| Scheme | X AX A B CB C |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101110010 101101 10101110 1111101 10101010 1010101 00101110 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 252 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 33 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 13, 2023
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