Analysis of Columbus
Friedrich Schiller 1759 (Marbach am Neckar) – 1805 (Weimar)
Steer on, bold sailor--Wit may mock thy soul that sees the land,
And hopeless at the helm may droop the weak and weary hand,
Yet ever--ever to the West, for there the coast must lie,
And dim it dawns, and glimmering dawns before thy reason's eye;
Yea, trust the guiding God--and go along the floating grave,
Though hid till now--yet now behold the New World o'er the wave!
With genius Nature ever stands in solemn union still,
And ever what the one foretells the other shall fulfil.
| Scheme | AABBCCDB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110111111101 01010111010101 11010101110111 01110100101111 11010101010101 111111010111001 11010101010101 010101101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 483 |
| Words | 89 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 47 |
| Words per line (avg) | 11 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 374 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 87 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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