Analysis of The Farewell
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
LET mine eye the farewell say,
That my lips can utter ne'er;
Fain I'd be a man to-day,
Yet 'tis hard, oh, hard to bear!
Mournful in an hour like this
Is love's sweetest pledge, I ween;
Cold upon thy mouth the kiss,
Faint thy fingers' pressure e'en.
Oh what rapture to my heart
Used each stolen kiss to bring!
As the violets joy impart,
Gather'd in the early spring.
Now no garlands I entwine,
Now no roses pluck. for thee,
Though 'tis springtime, Fanny mine,
Dreary autumn 'tis to me!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111011 1111101 1110111 1111111 10011011 1110111 1011101 11101011 1110111 1110111 10100101 1000101 111101 1110111 111101 1010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 477 |
Words | 93 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 30 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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