Analysis of From Egmont
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
CLARA winds a skein, and sings with Brackenburg.
THE drum gives the signal!
Loud rings the shrill fife!
My love leads his troops on
Full arm'd for the strife,
While his hand grasps his lance
As they proudly advance.
My bosom pants wildly!
My blood hotly flows!
Oh had I a doublet,
A helmet, and hose!
Through the gate with bold footstep
I after him hied,--
Each province, each country
Explored by his side.
The coward foe trembled
Then rattled our shot:
What bliss e'er resembled
A soldier's glad lot!
And sadness
And pensiveness blending
And burning
In torment ne'er ending;
Sad unto death,
Proudly soaring above;
Happy alone
Is the soul that doth love!
Scheme | A X BX BCC DEFE X FD FFFF F XA AA XG XG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101010111 011010 11011 111111 11101 111111 111001 110110 11101 11101 01001 101111 11011 110110 01111 010110 110101 1110010 01011 010 0110 010 01110 1101 101001 1001 101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 678 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 4, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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