Analysis of Welcome And Farewell
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
QUICK throbb'd my heart: to norse! haste, haste,
And lo! 'twas done with speed of light;
The evening soon the world embraced,
And o'er the mountains hung the night.
Soon stood, in robe of mist, the oak,
A tow'ring giant in his size,
Where darkness through the thicket broke,
And glared with hundred gloomy eyes.
From out a hill of clouds the moon
With mournful gaze began to peer:
The winds their soft wings flutter'd soon,
And murmur'd in mine awe-struck ear;
The night a thousand monsters made,
Yet fresh and joyous was my mind;
What fire within my veins then play'd!
What glow was in my bosom shrin'd!
I saw thee, and with tender pride
Felt thy sweet gaze pour joy on me;
While all my heart was at thy side.
And every breath I breath'd for thee.
The roseate hues that spring supplies
Were playing round thy features fair,
And love for me--ye Deities!
I hoped it, I deserved it ne'er!
But, when the morning sun return'd,
Departure filled with grief my heart:
Within thy kiss, what rapture burn'd!
But in thy look, what bitter smart!
I went--thy gaze to earth first roved
Thou follow'dst me with tearful eye:
And yet, what rapture to be loved!
And, Gods, to love--what ecstasy!
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Metre | 11111111 01111111 01010101 010010101 11011101 01110011 11010101 01110101 11011101 11010111 01111101 01001111 01010101 11010111 110011111 11101101 11101101 11111111 11111111 010011111 010011101 01011101 01111100 11110111 11010101 01011111 01111101 10111101 11111111 1111101 01110111 01111100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,155 |
Words | 215 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 20 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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