Analysis of Sameness
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
Over all hilltops
is peace
in all the treetops
you feel
barely a breeze;
The birds in the forest have
stopped their song
Wait, before long
you too will be still.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGGH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (22%) |
| Metre | 1011 11 0101 11 1001 0100101 111 1011 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 162 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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