Analysis of Admonition.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
Wherefore ever ramble on?
For the Good is lying near,
Fortune learn to seize alone,
For that Fortune's ever here.
| Scheme | X XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 1011101 1011101 1110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 116 |
| Words | 22 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 30 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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