Analysis of Christel
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
My senses ofttimes are oppress'd,
Oft stagnant is my blood;
But when by Christel's sight I'm blest,
I feel my strength renew'd.
I see her here, I see her there,
And really cannot tell
The manner how, the when, the where,
The why I love her well.
If with the merest glance I view
Her black and roguish eyes,
And gaze on her black eyebrows too,
My spirit upward flies.
Has any one a mouth so sweet,
Such love-round cheeks as she?
Ah, when the eye her beauties meet,
It ne'er content can be.
And when in airy German dance
I clasp her form divine,
So quick we whirl, so quick advance,
What rapture then like mine!
And when she's giddy, and feels warm,
I cradle her, poor thing,
Upon my breast, and in mine arm,--
I'm then a very king!
And when she looks with love on me,
Forgetting all but this,
When press'd against my bosom, she
Exchanges kiss for kiss,
All through my marrow runs a thrill,
Runs e'en my foot along!
I feel so well, I feel so ill,
I feel so weak, so strong!
Would that such moments ne'er would end!
The day ne'er long I find;
Could I the night too with her spend,
E'en that I should not mind.
If she were in mine arms but held,
To quench love's thirst I'd try;
And could my torments not be quell'd,
Upon her breast would die.
Scheme | A XA XB CB C D ED EF GF G H IH IX JX J G KG KL ML M N ON OP QP Q |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (33%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1101101 110111 1111111 111101 11011101 010101 01010101 011101 11010111 01011 0110111 110101 11010111 111111 11010101 111011 01010101 110101 11111101 110111 01110011 110011 01110011 110101 01111111 010111 11011101 010111 11110101 1111101 11111111 111111 11110111 011111 11011101 1111111 11001111 111111 0111111 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,208 |
Words | 245 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 25 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 37 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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