Analysis of Proximity Of The Beloved One
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
I THINK of thee, whene'er the sun his beams
O'er ocean flings;
I think of thee, whene'er the moonlight gleams
In silv'ry springs.
I see thee, when upon the distant ridge
The dust awakes;
At midnight's hour, when on the fragile bridge
The wanderer quakes.
I hear thee, when yon billows rise on high,
With murmur deep.
To tread the silent grove oft wander I,
When all's asleep.
I'm near thee, though thou far away mayst be--
Thou, too, art near!
The sun then sets, the stars soon lighten me.
Would thou wert here!
Scheme | A BA B C AC X D ED E F XF X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111110111 10101 11111011 011 1111010101 011 1110110101 01001 1111110111 1101 1101011101 1101 1111110111 1111 0111011101 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 513 |
Words | 96 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
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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