Analysis of Max and Moritz Fishing
Wilhelm Busch 1832 (Wiedensahl) – 1908 (German Empire)
Eben geht mit einem Teller
Witwe Bolte in den Keller,
Daß sie von dem Sauerkohle
Eine Portion sich hole,
Wofür sie besonders schwärmt
Wenn er wieder aufgewärmt. -
- Unterdessen auf dem Dache
Ist man tätig bei der Sache.
Max hat schon mit Vorbedacht
Eine Angel mitgebracht.
Widow Bolte, bless her soul,
Goes downstairs and takes a bowl,
And she scoops a portion out
Of her cherished sauerkraut
Which she deems to taste sublime
Heated up the second time.
In the meantime, on the sly,
Something's going on up high.
Max has shown some foresight here,
For he brought his fishing gear.
Scheme | AABBCCDDCC BBCCEEBXXX |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) |
Metre | 101111110 110110 11111 11011 111111 101011 1111 1111111 1111111 1101 101101 1110101 0110101 101010 1111101 1010101 001101 1010111 111111 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 592 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 228 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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