Analysis of Petition
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
OH thou sweet maiden fair,
Thou with the raven hair,
Why to the window go?
While gazing down below,
Art standing vainly there?
Oh, if thou stood'st for me,
And lett'st the latch but fly,
How happy should I be!
How soon would I leap high!
| Scheme | AA B BA CD CD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 110101 110101 110101 110101 1111111 0110111 110111 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 237 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 1, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 36 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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