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!
-----
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
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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