Analysis of My Own Property
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
I FEEL that I'm possess'd of nought,
Saving the free unfetterd thought
Which from my bosom seeks to flow,
And each propitious passing hour
That suffers me in all its power
A loving fate with truth to know.
Scheme | AABCCB |
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Poetic Form | Boy Named Sue Sestain |
Metre | 11110111 100111 11110111 010101010 110101110 01011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 208 |
Words | 40 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 6 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 163 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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