Analysis of To The Grasshopper
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
HAPPY art thou, darling insect,
Who, upon the trees' tall branches,
By a modest draught inspired,
Singing, like a monarch livest!
Thou possessest as thy portion
All that on the plains thou seest,
All that by the hours is brought thee
'Mongst the husbandmen thou livest,
As a friend, uninjured by them,
Thou whom mortals love to honour,
Herald sweet of sweet Spring's advent!
Yes, thou'rt loved by all the Muses,
Phoebus' self, too, needs must love thee;
They their silver voices gave thee,
Age can never steal upon thee.
Wise and gentle friend of poets,
Born a creature fleshless, bloodless,
Though Earth's daughter, free from suff'ring,
To the gods e'en almost equal.
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Metre | 1011101 10101110 10101010 101011 111110 1110111 111010111 10111 10101011 1110111 1011111 11111010 10111111 11101011 11101011 10101110 1010110 1110111 10111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 658 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 7 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 261 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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