Analysis of The Mountain Village
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
"THE mountain village was destroy'd;
But see how soon is fill'd the void!
Shingles and boards, as by magic arise,
The babe in his cradle and swaddling-clothes lies;
How blest to trust to God's protection!"
Behold a wooden new erection,
So that, if sparks and wind but choose,
God's self at such a game must lose!
| Scheme | AABBC CDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01010101 11111101 1001111001 0101100111 111111010 010101010 11110111 11110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 313 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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