Analysis of The Hunter's Even-Song
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
THE plain with still and wand'ring feet,
And gun full-charged, I tread,
And hov'ring see thine image sweet,
Thine image dear, o'er head.
In gentle silence thou dost fare
Through field and valley dear;
But doth my fleeting image ne'er
To thy mind's eye appear?
His image, who, by grief oppress'd,
Roams through the world forlorn,
And wanders on from east to west,
Because from thee he's torn?
When I would think of none but thee,
Mine eyes the moon survey;
A calm repose then steals o'er me,
But how, 'twere hard to say.
Scheme | A BA B C DC D E FE F G HG H |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110111 011111 0111101 1101101 01010111 110101 11110101 111101 11011101 110101 01011111 011111 11111111 110101 010111101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 512 |
Words | 96 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
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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