Analysis of Address to Emperor Frederic II.
Walther von der Vogelweide 1170 (Austria) – 1230 (Würzburg)
Fain (could it be) would I a home obtain,
And warm me by a hearth-side of my own.
Then, then, I'd sing about the sweet birds' strain,
And fields and flowers, as I have whilome done;
And paint in song the lily and the rose
That dwell upon her cheek who smiles on me.
But lone I stray -- no home its comfort shows:
Ah, luckless man! still doom'd a guest to be!
| Scheme | ABACDEDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111110101 0111011111 1111010111 0101011111 0101010001 1101011111 1111111101 1101110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 359 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 266 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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