Analysis of To The Husbandman
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
SMOOTHLY and lightly the golden seed by the furrow is cover'd;
Yet will a deeper one, friend, cover thy bones at the last.
Joyously plough'd and sow'd! Here food all living is budding,
E'en from the side of the tomb Hope will not vanish away.
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|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001001011010110 11010111011101 110111110110 111011011111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 247 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 47 |
| Words per line (avg) | 11 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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