Analysis of From Faust - VII. MARGARET, Placing Fresh Flowers In The Flower-Pots.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
O THOU well-tried in grief,
Grant to thy child relief,
And view with mercy this unhappy one!
The sword within thy heart,
Speechless with bitter smart,
Thou Lookest up towards thy dying son.
Thou look'st to God on high,
And breathest many a sigh
O'er his and thy distress, thou holy One!
Who e'er can know
The depth of woe
Piercing my very bone?
The sorrows that my bosom fill,
Its trembling, its aye-yearning will,
Are known to thee, to thee alone!
Wherever I may go,
With woe, with woe, with woe,
My bosom sad is aching!
I scarce alone can creep,
I weep, I weep, I weep,
My very heart is breaking.
The flowers at my window
My falling tears bedewed,
When I, at dawn of morning,
For thee these flow'rets strewed.
When early to my chamber
The cheerful sunbeams stole,
I sat upon my pallet,
In agony of soul.
Help! rescue me from death and misery!
Oh, thou well-tried in grief,
Grant to thy child relief,
And view with mercy my deep agony!
Scheme | a Ab c cb d db e e fgg f e eh i ih e ch c x jx j k a Ak |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 111101 0111010101 010111 101101 111011101 1111111 011001 10101011101 11011 0111 101101 01011101 110011101 11111101 010111 111111 1101110 110111 111111 1101110 0101110 11011 1111110 11111 1101110 01011 1101110 010011 1101110100 111101 111101 0111011100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 912 |
Words | 177 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 23 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 31 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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