Analysis of The Best
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
WHEN head and heart are busy, say,
What better can be found?
Who neither loves nor goes astray,
Were better under ground.
| Scheme | A BA B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011101 110111 11011101 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 126 |
| Words | 24 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 32 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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