Analysis of Joy And Sorrow
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
As a fisher-boy I fared
To the black rock in the sea,
And, while false gifts I prepared.
Listen'd and sang merrily,
Down descended the decoy,
Soon a fish attack'd the bait;
One exultant shout of joy,--
And the fish was captured straight.
Ah! on shore, and to the wood
Past the cliffs, o'er stock and stone,
One foot's traces I pursued,
And the maiden was alone.
Lips were silent, eyes downcast
As a clasp-knife snaps the bait,
With her snare she seized me fast,
And the boy was captured straight.
Heav'n knows who's the happy swain
That she rambles with anew!
I must dare the sea again,
Spite of wind and weather too.
When the great and little fish
Wail and flounder in my net,
Straight returns my eager wish
In her arms to revel yet!
Scheme | A BA BC DC D X EX EF DF D X GX GH IH I |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010111 1011001 0111101 1001100 1010001 1010101 1010111 0011101 1110101 10110101 1110101 0010101 101011 1011101 1011111 0011101 1110101 111101 1110101 1110101 1010101 1010011 1011101 0011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 719 |
Words | 140 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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