Analysis of The Garlands
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
KLOPSTOCK would lead us away from Pindus; no longer for laurel
May we be eager--the homely acorn alone must content us;
Yet he himself his more-than-epic crusade is conducting
High on Golgotha's summit, that foreign gods he may honour!
Yet, on what hill he prefers, let him gather the angels together,
Suffer deserted disciples to weep o'er the grave of the just one:
There where a hero and saint hath died, where a bard breath'd his numbers,
Both for our life and our death an ensample of courage resplendent
And of the loftiest human worth to bequeath,--ev'ry nation
There will joyously kneel in devotion ecstatic, revering
Thorn and laurel garland, and all its charms and its tortures.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111110110 1111001010011101 110111110011010 111101101111 11111011110010010 100100101110011011 1101001111011110 11101010111110010 0101101101110 11110010010010 10101001110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 686 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 50 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 548 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 117 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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