Analysis of The Goblet
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
ONCE I held a well-carved brimming goblet,--
In my two hands tightly clasp'd I held it,
Eagerly the sweet wine sipp'd I from it,
Seeking there to drown all care and sorrow.
Amor enter'd in, and found me sitting,
And he gently smiled in modest fashion,
Smiled as though the foolish one he pitied.
"Friend, I know a far more beauteous vessel,
One wherein to sink thy spirit wholly;
Say, what wilt thou give me, if I grant it,
And with other nectar fill it for thee?"
Oh, how kindly hath he kept his promise!
For to me, who long had yearn'd, he granted
Thee, my Lida, fill'd with soft affection.
When I clasp mine arms around thee fondly,
When I drink in love's long-hoarded balsam
From thy darling lips so true, so faithful,
Fill'd with bliss thus speak I to my spirit
"No! a vessel such as this, save Amor
Never god hath fashion'd or been lord of!
Such a form was ne'er produced by Vulcan
With his cunning, reason-gifted hammers!
On the leaf-crown'd mountains may Lyaeus
Bid his Fauns, the oldest and the wisest,
Pass the choicest clusters through the winepress,
And himself watch o'er the fermentation:
Such a draught no toil can e'er procure him!"
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111010 0111101111 1000111111 1011111010 1010001110 0110101010 111010111 111011110 1011111010 1111111111 0110101111 1110111110 1111111110 1110111010 1111101110 1110111010 1110111110 1111111110 1010111110 1011101111 1011101110 1110101010 10111011 1110100010 101010101 0011100010 10111110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,130 |
Words | 213 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4, 3, 13 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 177 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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