Analysis of Punch Song
Friedrich Schiller 1759 (Marbach am Neckar) – 1805 (Weimar)
Four elements, joined in
Harmonious strife,
Shadow the world forth,
And typify life.
Into the goblet
The lemon's juice pour;
Acid is ever
Life's innermost core.
Now, with the sugar's
All-softening juice,
The strength of the acid
So burning reduce.
The bright sparkling water
Now pour in the bowl;
Water all-gently
Encircles the whole.
Let drops of the spirit
To join them now flow;
Life to the living
Naught else can bestow.
Drain it off quickly
Before it exhales;
Save when 'tis glowing,
The draught naught avails.
Scheme | XAXA BCDC EFXF DGHG BIJI HEJE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 110010 01001 1011 0101 01010 0111 10110 1101 11010 11001 011010 11001 011010 11001 10110 101 111010 11111 11010 11101 11110 0111 11110 0111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 524 |
Words | 89 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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