Analysis of The Epochs
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
ON Petrarch's heart, all other days before,
In flaming letters written, was impress d
GOOD FRIDAY. And on mine, be it confess'd,
Is this year's ADVENT, as it passeth o'er.
I do not now begin,--I still adore
Her whom I early cherish'd in my breast;,
Then once again with prudence dispossess'd,
And to whose heart I'm driven back once more.
The love of Petrarch, that all-glorious love,
Was unrequited, and, alas, full sad;
One long Good Friday 'twas, one heartache drear
But may my mistress' Advent ever prove,
With its palm-jubilee, so sweet and glad,
One endless Mayday, through the livelong year!
Scheme | ABCDACCAEFAGFH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111110101 01010101011 1100111101 111111110 1111011101 0111010011 110111001 0111110111 0111111001 101000111 111101111 111101101 111101101 110101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 593 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 459 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 102 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 03, 2023
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