Analysis of The Wanderer's Night-Song
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
THOU who comest from on high,
Who all woes and sorrows stillest,
Who, for twofold misery,
Hearts with twofold balsam fillest,
Would this constant strife would cease!
What are pain and rapture now?
Blissful Peace,
To my bosom hasten thou!
| Scheme | X AX AB CB C |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 1110101 1111100 1111101 1110111 1110101 101 1110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 238 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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