Analysis of The Brethren
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
SLUMBER and Sleep, two brethren ordain'd by the gods to their service,
Were by Prometheus implored, comfort to give to his race;
But though so light to the gods, too heavy for man was their burden,
We in their slumber find sleep, we in their sleep meet with death.
| Scheme | X XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001110011011110 011011011111 1111101110111110 10110111011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 269 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 52 |
| Words per line (avg) | 12 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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