Ginkgo Biloba
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
To my garden here translated,
Foliage of this eastern tree
Nourishes the initiated
With it’s meaning’s mystery.
Is its leaf one self divided,
Forked into a shape of strife?
Or have two of them decided
On a symbiotic life?
This I answer without trouble
And am qualified to know:
I am single, I am double,
And my poems tell you so.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB ACXC DEDE |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 330 |
Words | 63 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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