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.
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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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