Analysis of The Wedding
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
A FEAST was in a village spread,--
It was a wedding-day, they said.
The parlour of the inn I found,
And saw the couples whirling round,
Each lass attended by her lad,
And all seem'd loving, blithe, and glad;
But on my asking for the bride,
A fellow with a stare, replied:
"'Tis not the place that point to raise!
We're only dancing in her honour;
We now have danced three nights and days,
And not bestowed one thought upon her."
Whoe'er in life employs his eyes
Such cases oft will recognise.
Scheme | AABBCCDDE FE F XE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01100101 11010111 01010111 01010101 11010101 01110101 11110101 01010101 11011111 11010001 11111101 010111010 1010111 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 508 |
Words | 96 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 2, 1, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 19, 2023
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