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
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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