Analysis of Found

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



Once through the forest

Alone I went;
To seek for nothing

My thoughts were bent.

I saw i' the shadow

A flower stand there
As stars it glisten'd,

As eyes 'twas fair.

I sought to pluck it,-

It gently said:
'Shall I be gather'd

Only to fade?'

With all its roots

I dug it with care,
And took it home

To my garden fair.

In silent corner

Soon it was set;
There grows it ever,

There blooms it yet.


Scheme X AX A X BX B X XX X X BX B C DC D
Poetic Form Tetractys  (50%)
Etheree  (40%)
Metre 11010 0111 11110 1101 11101 01011 11110 1111 11111 1101 11110 1011 1111 11111 0111 11101 01010 1111 11110 1111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 379
Words 83
Sentences 6
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) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 20
Words per stanza (avg) 5
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 28, 2023

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