Analysis of The Violet
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
UPON the mead a violet stood,
Retiring, and of modest mood,
In truth, a violet fair.
Then came a youthful shepherdess,
And roam'd with sprightly joyousness,
And blithely woo'd
With carols sweet the air
"Ah!" thought the violet, "had I been
For but the smallest moment e'en
Nature's most beauteous flower,
'Till gather'd by my love, and press'd,
When weary, 'gainst her gentle breast,
For e'en, for e'en
One quarter of an hour!"
Alas! alas! the maid drew nigh,
The violet failed to meet her eye,
She crush'd the violet sweet.
It sank and died, yet murmur'd not:
"And if I die, oh, happy lot,
For her I die,
And at her very feet!"
Scheme | XA BCCA B XD EFFD E GG HIIG H |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010101001 01001101 0101001 110101 011101 0101 110101 110100111 110101011 101110 11011101 11010101 111111 1101110 01010111 010011101 1101001 11011101 01111101 1011 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 616 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 1, 2, 4, 1, 2, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 52 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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