Book Of Love - Love's Torments



LOVE's torments sought a place of rest,
Where all might drear and lonely be;
They found ere long my desert breast,
And nestled in its vacancy.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 147
Words 28
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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  • jackg.26131
    brilliant and before his tiime
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