Analysis of Rollicking Hans
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
HALLO there! A glass!
Ha! the draught's truly sweet!
If for drink go my shoes,
I shall still have my feet.
A maiden and wine,
With sweet music and song,--
I would they were mine,
All life's journey along!
If I depart from this sad sphere,
And leave a will behind me here,
A suit at law will be preferr'd,
But as for thanks,--the deuce a word!
So ere I die, I squander all,
And that a proper will I call.
Hallo there! A glass!
Ha! the draught's truly sweet
If thou keepest thy shoes,
Thou wilt then spare thy feet.
A maiden and wine,
With sweet music and song,
On pavement, are thine,
All life's journey along!
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THE FREEBOOTER,
No door has my house,
No house has my door;
And in and out ever
I carry my store.
No grate has my kitchen,
No kitchen my grate;
Yet roasts it and boils it
Both early and late.
My bed has no trestles,
My trestles no bed;
Yet merrier moments
No mortal e'er led.
My cellar is lofty,
My barn is full deep,
From top to the bottom,--
There lie I and sleep.
And soon as I waken,
All moves on its race;
My place has no fixture,
My fixture no place.
Scheme | A Bc b D Ed E fxgghh A Bc b D Ed E f x ij i k lx l a mx m x nx n k oj o |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 101101 111111 111111 01001 111001 11101 111001 11011111 01010111 01111101 11110101 11111101 01010111 1101 101101 11111 111111 01001 111001 11011 111001 1 01 11111 11111 000110 11011 111110 11011 111011 11001 11111 1111 110010 110101 110110 11111 111010 11101 011110 11111 111110 11011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,049 |
Words | 220 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 28 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 6, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 44 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 28 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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