Analysis of Reciprocal Invitation To The Dance
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
COME to the dance with me, come with me, fair one!
Dances a feast-day like this may well crown.
If thou my sweetheart art not, thou canst be so,
But if thou wilt not, we still will dance on.
Come to the dance with me, come with me, fair one!
Dances a feast-day like this may well crown.
Loved one, without thee, what then would all feast be?
Sweet one, without thee, what then were the dance?
If thou my sweetheart wert not, I would dance not.
If thou art still so, all life is one feast.
Loved one, without thee, what then would all feasts be?
Sweet one, without thee, what then were the dance?
Let them but love, then, and leave us the dancing!
Languishing love cannot bear the glad dance.
Let us whirl round in the waltz's gay measure,
And let them steal to the dim-lighted wood.
Let them but love, then, and leave us the dancing!
Languishing love cannot bear the glad dance.
Let them whirl round, then, and leave us to wander!
Wand'ring to love is a heavenly dance.
Cupid, the near one, o'erhears their deriding,
Vengeance takes suddenly, vengeance takes soon.
Let them whirl round, then, and leave us to wander!
Wand'ring to love is a heavenly dance.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111111 1001111111 1111111111 1111111111 11011111111 1001111111 11011111111 1101111001 1111111111 1111111111 11011111111 1101111001 11111011010 1001101011 1111001110 0111101101 11111011010 1001101011 11111011110 1111101001 1001111010 1011001011 11111011110 1111101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,194 |
Words | 224 |
Sentences | 26 |
Stanzas | 16 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 55 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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