Analysis of Ganymede
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
How, in the light of morning,
Round me thou glowest,
Spring, thou beloved one!
With thousand-varying loving bliss
The sacred emotions
Born of thy warmth eternal
Press 'gainst my bosom,
Thou endlessly fair one!
Could I but hold thee clasp'd
Within mine arms!
Ah! upon thy bosom
Lay I, pining,
And then thy flowers, thy grass,
Were pressing against my heart.
Thou coolest the burning
Thirst of my bosom,
Beauteous morning breeze!
The nightingale then calls me
Sweetly from out of the misty vale.
I come, I come!
Whither? Ah, whither?
Up, up, lies my course.
While downward the clouds
Are hovering, the clouds
Are bending to meet yearning love.
For me,
Within thine arms
Upwards!
Embraced and embracing!
Upwards into thy bosom,
Oh Father all-loving!
Scheme | ABCXXXDCBE DAXBADXFXDX XGGXFEXADA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001110 1111 11011 110100101 010010 1111010 11110 110011 111111 0111 101110 1110 0111011 0100111 110010 11110 1101 0100111 101110101 1111 10110 11111 11001 110001 11011101 11 0111 10 010010 1001110 110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 724 |
Words | 128 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 11, 10 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 195 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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