Analysis of The Muse's Mirror
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
EARLY one day, the Muse, when eagerly bent on adornment,
Follow'd a swift-running streamlet, the quietest nook by it seeking.
Quickly and noisily flowing, the changeful surface distorted
Ever her moving form; the goddess departed in anger.
Yet the stream call'd mockingly after her, saying: "What, truly!
Wilt thou not view, then, the truth, in my mirror so clearly depicted?"
But she already was far away, on the brink of the ocean,
In her figure rejoicing, and duly arranging her garland.
| Scheme | ABCDECFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101101110011010 1001101010011110 100100100110010 100101010010010 1011110010110 11111010110110010 1101011011011010 0010010010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 491 |
| Words | 84 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 48 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 385 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 81 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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