Analysis of Different Emotions On The Same Spot
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
I'VE seen him before me!
What rapture steals o'er me!
Oh heavenly sight!
He's coming to meet me;
Perplex'd, I retreat me,
With shame take to flight.
My mind seems to wander!
Ye rocks and trees yonder,
Conceal ye my rapture.
Conceal my delight!
'Tis here I must find her,
'Twas here she enshrined her,
Here vanish'd from sight.
She came, as to meet me,
Then fearing to greet me,
With shame took to flight.
Is't hope? Do I wander?
Ye rocks and trees yonder,
Disclose ye the loved one,
Disclose my delight!
O'er my sad, fate I sorrow,
To each dewy morrow,
Veil'd here from man's sight
By the many mistaken,
Unknown and forsaken,
Here I wing my flight!
Compassionate spirit!
Let none ever hear it,--
Conceal my affliction,
Conceal thy delight!
To-day I'm rewarded;
Rich booty's afforded
By Fortune so bright.
My servant the pheasants,
And hares fit for presents
Takes homeward at night;
Here see I enraptured
In nets the birds captured!--
Long life to the hunter!
Long live his delight!
Scheme | aa baa bcC c b cc baa bcC d b ee bdd bxx d b xx bff bgg c b |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (25%) |
Metre | 111011 1101101 11001 110111 011011 11111 111110 110110 011110 01101 111110 111010 11011 111111 110111 11111 1111110 110110 011011 01101 10111110 111010 11111 1010010 010010 11111 010010 111011 011010 01101 111010 11010 11011 110010 011110 11011 111010 010110 111010 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 999 |
Words | 186 |
Sentences | 24 |
Stanzas | 20 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 3, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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