Analysis of To Lida

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)



THE only one whom, Lida, thou canst love,

Thou claim'st, and rightly claim'st, for only thee;
He too is wholly thine; since doomed to rove

Far from thee, in life's turmoils nought I see
Save a thin veil, through which thy form I view,
As though in clouds; with kindly smile and true,

It cheers me, like the stars eterne that gleam
Across the northern-lights' far-flick'ring beam.


Scheme X AX ABB CC
Poetic Form
Metre 0101110111 111010111101 1111011111 111011111 1011111111 1101110101 111101111 0101011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 380
Words 69
Sentences 2
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 3, 2
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 73
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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