Analysis of Happiness And Vision
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
TOGETHER at the altar we
In vision oft were seen by thee,
Thyself as bride, as bridegroom I.
Oft from thy mouth full many a kiss
In an unguarded hour of bliss
I then would steal, while none were by.
The purest rapture we then knew,
The joy those happy hours gave too,
When tasted, fled, as time fleets on.
What now avails my joy to me?
Like dreams the warmest kisses flee,
Like kisses, soon all joys are gone.
Scheme | AA BCC B DD XAA X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010101 01010111 111111 111111001 010101011 11111101 01010111 011101011 11011111 1111111 11010101 11011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 406 |
Words | 82 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 53 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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