Analysis of In A Word
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
THUS to be chain'd for ever, can I bear?
A very torment that, in truth, would be.
This very day my new resolve shall see.--
I'll not go near the lately-worshipp'd Fair.
Yet what excuse, my heart, can I prepare
In such a case, for not consulting thee?
But courage! while our sorrows utter we
In tones where love, grief, gladness have a share.
But see! the minstrel's bidding to obey,
Its melody pours forth the sounding lyre,
Yearning a sacrifice of love to bring.
Scarce wouldst thou think it--ready is the lay;
Well, but what then? Methought in the first fire
We to her presence flew, that lay to sing.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110111 010110111 1101110111 1111010101 1101111101 0101110101 11011010101 011111101 110110101 1100110101 100101111 1111110101 1111100110 1101011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 598 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 460 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 111 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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