Analysis of The New Amadis
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
IN my boyhood's days so drear
I was kept confined;
There I sat for many a year,
All alone I pined,
As within the womb.
Yet thou drov'st away my gloom,
Golden phantasy!
I became a hero true,
Like the Prince Pipi,
And the world roam'd through,
Many a crystal palace built,
Crush'd them with like art,
And the Dragon's life-blood spilt
With my glitt'ring dart.
Yes! I was a man!
Next I formed the knightly plan
Princess Fish to free;
She was much too complaisant,
Kindly welcomed me,--
And I was gallant.
Heav'nly bread her kisses proved,
Glowing as the wine;
Almost unto death I loved.
Sun-s appeared to shine
In her dazzling charms.
Who hath torn her from mine arms?
Could no magic band
Make her in her flight delay?
Say, where now her land?
Where, alas, the way?
Scheme | A BA BC C DA XA E FE FG G AH XH X IX ID D JK JK |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 011111 11101 11111001 10111 10101 1110111 101 1010101 1011 00111 10010101 11111 0010111 1111 11101 1110101 10111 1111010 10101 01110 110101 10101 110111 110111 001001 1110111 11101 1000101 11101 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 741 |
Words | 144 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 18 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 32 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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