Analysis of The Frogs
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
A POOL was once congeal'd with frost;
The frogs, in its deep waters lost,
No longer dared to croak or spring;
But promised, being half asleep,
If suffer'd to the air to creep,
As very nightingales to sing.
A thaw dissolved the ice so strong,--
They proudly steer'd themselves along,
When landed, squatted on the shore,
And croak'd as loudly as before.
| Scheme | AA BCC B DDEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 01110111 01011101 11011111 11010101 11010111 110111 01010111 11010101 1101101 01110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 350 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 1, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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