Analysis of Song Of Fellowship
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
IN ev'ry hour of joy
That love and wine prolong,
The moments we'll employ
To carol forth this song!
We're gathered in His name,
Whose power hath brought us here;
He kindled first our flame,
He bids it burn more clear.
Then gladly glow to-night,
And let our hearts combine!
Up! quaff with fresh delight
This glass of sparkling wine!
Up! hail the joyous hour,
And let your kiss be true;
With each new bond of power
The old becomes the new!
Who in our circle lives,
And is not happy there?
True liberty it gives,
And brother's love so fair.
Thus heart and heart through life
With mutual love are fill'd;
And by no causeless strife
Our union e'er is chill'd.
Our hopes a God has crown'd
With life-discernment free,
And all we view around,
Renews our ecstasy.
Ne'er by caprice oppress'd,
Our bliss is ne'er destroy'd;
More freely throbs our breast,
By fancies ne'er alloy'd.
Where'er our foot we set,
The more life's path extends,
And brighter, brighter yet
Our gaze on high ascends.
We know no grief or pain,
Though all things fall and rise;
Long may we thus remain!
Eternal be our ties!
Scheme | A BA BC XC X D ED EF GF G H IH IJ KJ K L ML MN XN D O PO PQ RQ R |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (28%) |
Metre | 011011 110101 010101 110111 110011 1101111 1101101 111111 110111 0110110 111101 111101 1101010 011111 1111110 010101 1010101 011101 110011 010111 110111 1100111 01111 10101011 1010111 110101 011101 0110100 110101 1011101 1101101 11011 1010111 011101 010101 1011101 111111 111101 111101 0101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,052 |
Words | 199 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 25 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 33 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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