Analysis of The Unequal Marriage
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
EVEN this heavenly pair were unequally match'd when united:
Psyche grew older and wise, Amor remain'd still a child,
Scheme | AB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110010111010 10110011001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 123 |
Words | 21 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 2 |
Lines Amount | 2 |
Letters per line (avg) | 47 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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