Analysis of Mischievous Joy
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
AS a butterfly renew'd,
When in life I breath'd my last,
To the spots my flight I wing,
Scenes of heav'nly rapture past,
Over meadows, to the spring,
Round the hill, and through the wood.
Soon a tender pair I spy,
And I look down from my seat
On the beauteous maiden's head--
When embodied there I meet
All I lost as soon as dead,
Happy as before am I.
Him she clasps with silent smile,
And his mouth the hour improves,
Sent by kindly Deities;
First from breast to mouth it roves,
Then from mouth to hands it flies,
And I round him sport the while.
And she sees me hov'ring near;
Trembling at her lovers rapture,
Up she springs--I fly away,
"Dearest! let's the insect capture
Come! I long to make my prey
Yonder pretty little dear!"
Scheme | X A B A BX C D E D EC F G X G XF H I J I JH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101001 1011111 1011111 111101 101101 1010101 1010111 0111111 10111 1010111 1111111 1010111 1111101 01101001 1110100 1111111 1111111 0111101 011111 100101010 1111101 1010110 1111111 1010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 725 |
Words | 142 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 20 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 28 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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