Analysis of With A Golden Necklace

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)



THIS page a chain to bring thee burns,

That, train'd to suppleness of old,
On thy fair neck to nestle, yearns,

In many a hundred little fold.

To please the silly thing consent!

'Tis harmless, and from boldness free;
By day a trifling ornament,

At night 'tis cast aside by thee.

But if the chain they bring thee ever,

Heavier, more fraught with weal or woe,
I'd then, Lisette, reproach thee never

If thou shouldst greater scruples show.


Scheme A BA B X CX C D ED E
Poetic Form
Metre 11011111 111111 11111101 010010101 11010101 11001101 11010100 11110111 110111110 100111111 110101110 11110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 432
Words 80
Sentences 5
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 37
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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