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 |
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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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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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