Analysis of Excuse
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
THOU dost complain of woman for changing from one to another?
Censure her not: for she seeks one who will constant remain.
Scheme | AB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101110110111010 10011111111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 129 |
Words | 24 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 2 |
Lines Amount | 2 |
Letters per line (avg) | 49 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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