Analysis of Explanation Of An Antique Gem
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
A YOUNG fig-tree its form lifts high
Within a beauteous garden;
And see, a goat is sitting by.
As if he were its warden.
But oh, Quirites, how one errs!
The tree is guarded badly;
For round the other side there whirrs
And hums a beetle madly.
The hero with his well-mail'd coat
Nibbles the branches tall so;
A mighty longing feels the goat
Gently to climb up also.
And so, my friends, ere long ye see
The tree all leafless standing;
It looks a type of misery,
Help of the gods demanding.
Then listen, ye ingenuous youth,
Who hold wise saws respected:
From he-goat and from beetles-tooth
A tree should be protected!
Scheme | A BA B C DC D E FE F D GD G H XH X |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 01111111 010110 01011101 1110110 111111 0111010 11010111 0101010 01011111 1001011 01010101 1011110 01111111 0111010 11011100 1101010 110101001 1111010 11101101 0111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 603 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 32 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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