Analysis of Paulo Post Futuri

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)



WEEP ye not, ye children dear,

That as yet ye are unborn:
For each sorrow and each tear

Makes the father's heart to mourn.

Patient be a short time to it,

Unproduced, and known to none;
If your father cannot do it,

By your mother 'twill be done.


Scheme X AX A B CB C
Poetic Form
Metre 1111101 1111111 1110011 1010111 10101111 10111 11101011 1110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 245
Words 50
Sentences 3
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 31
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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