Analysis of Such, Such Is He Who Pleaseth Me
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
FLY, dearest, fly! He is not nigh!
He who found thee one fair morn in Spring
In the wood where thou thy flight didst wing.
Fly, dearest, fly! He is not nigh!
Never rests the foot of evil spy.
Hark! flutes' sweet strains and love's refrains
Reach the loved one, borne there by the wind,
In the soft heart open doors they find.
Hark! flutes' sweet strains and love's refrains,
Hark!--yet blissful love their echo pains.
Erect his head, and firm his tread,
Raven hair around his smooth brow strays,
On his cheeks a Spring eternal plays.
Erect his head, and firm his tread,
And by grace his ev'ry step is led.
Happy his breast, with pureness bless'd,
And the dark eyes 'neath his eyebrows placed,
With full many a beauteous line are graced.
Happy his breast, with pureness bless'd,
Soon as seen, thy love must be confess'd.
His mouth is red--its power I dread,
On his lips morn's fragrant incense lies,
Round his lips the cooling Zephyr sighs.
His mouth is red--its power I dread,
With one glance from him, all sorrow's fled.
His blood is true, his heart bold too,
In his soft arms, strength, protection, dwells
And his face with noble pity swells.
His blood is true, his heart bold too,
Blest the one whom those dear arms may woo!
Scheme | A b bAa C d dCc E f fEe G h hGg E i iEe J k kJj |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (27%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11011111 111111101 001111111 11011111 101011101 11110101 101111101 001110111 11110101 111011101 01110111 101011111 111010101 01110111 01111111 1011111 00111111 111001111 1011111 111111101 111111011 111110011 111010101 111111011 11111111 11111111 011110101 011110101 11111111 101111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,206 |
Words | 226 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 18 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 3 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 52 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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