Analysis of May Song II
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
BETWEEN wheatfield and corn,
Between hedgerow and thorn,
Between pasture and tree,
Where's my sweetheart
Tell it me!
Sweetheart caught I
Not at home;
She's then, thought I.
Gone to roam.
Fair and loving
Blooms sweet May;
Sweetheart's roving,
Free and gay.
By the rock near the wave,
Where her first kiss she gave,
On the greensward, to me,--
Something I see!
Is it she?
| Scheme | AABXB C DC DE FE F GGBBB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01101 01101 011001 111 111 111 111 1111 111 1010 111 110 101 101101 101111 10111 1011 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 360 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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