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
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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