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 |
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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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