Analysis of Proverbs

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)



'TIS easier far a wreath to bind,
Than a good owner fort to find.
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I KILL'D a thousand flies overnight,
Yet was waken'd by one, as soon as twas light.
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To the mother I give;
For the daughter I live.
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A BREACH is every day,
By many a mortal storm'd;
Let them fall in the gaps as they may,
Yet a heap of dead is ne'er form'd.
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WHAT harm has thy poor mirror done, alas?
Look not so ugly, prythee, in the glass!


Scheme AA BB CD EFEF GG
Poetic Form
Metre 110010111 10110111 1 110101101 1111111111 1 101011 101011 1 0111001 1100101 111001111 10111111 1 1111110101 111101001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 420
Words 89
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 299
Words per stanza (avg) 87
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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