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
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

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