Analysis of From Faust - II. Prologue In Heaven
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
THE ARCHANGELS' SONG.
THE sun still chaunts, as in old time,
With brother-spheres in choral song,
And with his thunder-march sublime
Moves his predestined course along.
Strength find the angels in his sight,
Though he by none may fathomed be;
Still glorious is each work of might
As when first form'd in majesty.
And swift and swift, in wondrous guise,
Revolves the earth in splendour bright,
The radiant hues of Paradise
Alternating with deepest night.
From out the gulf against the rock,
In spreading billows foams the ocean,--
And cliff and sea with mighty shock,
The spheres whirl round in endless motion.
And storms in emulation growl
From land to sea, from sea to land,
And fashion, as they wildly howl,
A circling, wonder-working band.
Destructive flames in mad career
Precede Thy thunders on their way;
Yet, Lord, Thy messengers revere
The soft mutations of Thy day.
Strength find the angels in Thy sight,
Though none may hope to fathom Thee;
Still glorious are Thy works of might,
As when first form'd in majesty.
Scheme | a b ab ac dc D x cx ce fe f g hg hi ji j c dc D |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101 01111011 11010101 01110101 1110101 11010011 1111111 110011111 11110100 01010101 0101011 01001110 1001101 11010101 010101010 01011101 011101010 0100101 11111111 01011101 010010101 01010101 01110111 11110001 01010111 11010011 11111101 110011111 11110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,036 |
Words | 182 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 19 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 43 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 10, 2023
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