Analysis of To Belinda
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
WHEREFORE drag me to yon glittering eddy,
With resistless might?
Was I, then, not truly blest already
In the silent night?
In my secret chamber refuge taking,
'Neath the moon's soft ray,
And her awful light around me breaking,
Musing there I lay.
And I dream'd of hours with joy o'erflowing,
Golden, truly blest,
While thine image so beloved was glowing
Deep within my breast.
Now to the card-table hast thou bound me,
'Midst the torches glare?
Whilst unhappy faces are around me,
Dost thou hold me there?
Spring-flow'rs are to me more rapture-giving,
Now conceal'd from view;
Where thou, angel, art, is Nature living,
Love and kindness too.
Scheme | A BA B C DC D C EC E A FA F C GC G |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 1111110010 111 1111101010 00101 0110101010 10111 0010101110 10111 011110111 10101 1110101110 10111 1101101111 10101 1010101011 11111 1111111010 10111 1110111010 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 640 |
Words | 111 |
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) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 33 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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