Analysis of Neither This Nor That
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
IF thou to be a slave shouldst will,
Thou'lt get no pity, but fare ill;
And if a master thou wouldst be,
The world will view it angrily;
And if in status quo thou stay,
That thou art but a fool, they'll say.
Scheme | AABBCC |
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Poetic Form | Sestain |
Metre | 11110111 11110111 01010111 01111100 01010111 11110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 210 |
Words | 45 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 6 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 155 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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