Analysis of Reciprocal
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
MY mistress, where sits she?
What is it that charms?
The absent she's rocking,
Held fast in her arms.
In pretty cage prison'd
She holds a bird still;
Yet lets him fly from her,
Whenever he will.
He pecks at her finger,
And pecks at her lips,
And hovers and flutters,
And round her he skips.
Then hasten thou homeward,
In fashion to be;
If thou hast the maiden,
She also hath thee.
Scheme | A BX B X CD C D EX E X AX A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111 11111 010110 11001 010110 11011 111110 01011 111010 01101 010010 01011 110110 01011 111010 11011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 373 |
Words | 75 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 24 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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