Analysis of On The Lake
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
I DRINK fresh nourishment, new blood
From out this world more free;
The Nature is so kind and good
That to her breast clasps me!
The billows toss our bark on high,
And with our oars keep time,
While cloudy mountains tow'rd the sky
Before our progress climb.
Say, mine eye, why sink'st thou down?
Golden visions, are ye flown?
Hence, thou dream, tho' golden-twin'd;
Here, too, love and life I find.
Over the waters are blinking
Many a thousand fair star;
Gentle mists are drinking
Round the horizon afar.
Round the shady creek lightly
Morning zephyrs awake,
And the ripen'd fruit brightly
Mirrors itself in the lake.
Scheme | X AX AB CB C XX D D E FE FA GA G |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 11110011 111111 01011101 110111 010110111 0110111 11010101 011011 11111111 1010111 1111101 1110111 10010110 1001011 101110 1001001 1010110 101001 0010110 1001001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 604 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 37 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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