Analysis of To The Moon
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
BUSH and vale thou fill'st again
With thy misty ray,
And my spirit's heavy chain
Castest far away.
Thou dost o'er my fields extend
Thy sweet soothing eye,
Watching like a gentle friend,
O'er my destiny.
Vanish'd days of bliss and woe
Haunt me with their tone,
Joy and grief in turns I know,
As I stray alone.
Stream beloved, flow on! flow on!
Ne'er can I be gay!
Thus have sport and kisses gone,
Truth thus pass'd away.
Once I seem'd the lord to be
Of that prize so fair!
Now, to our deep sorrow, we
Can forget it ne'er.
Murmur, stream, the vale along,
Never cease thy sighs;
Murmur, whisper to my song
When thou in the winter's night
Overflow'st in wrath,
Or in spring-time sparklest bright,
As the buds shoot forth.
He who from the world retires,
Void of hate, is blest;
Who a friend's true love inspires,
Leaning on his breast!
That which heedless man ne'er knew,
Or ne'er thought aright,
Roams the bosom's labyrinth through,
Boldly into night.
Scheme | X AX A B XB C D ED E X AX A C FC F G XG H XH X I JI J K BK H |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111101 11101 0110101 1101 11101101 11101 1010101 101100 1011101 11111 1010111 11101 1011111 11111 1110101 11101 1110111 11111 11101101 10111 1010101 10111 1010111 1100101 10101 101111 10111 1110101 11111 1011101 10111 111111 1111 101101 10011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 940 |
Words | 177 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 26 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 28 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 23, 2023
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