Analysis of A Plan The Muses Entertained.

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



A plan the Muses entertain'd

Methodically to impart

To Psyche the poetic art;
Prosaic-pure her soul remain'd.
No wondrous sounds escaped her lyre

E'en in the fairest Summer night;
But Amor came with glance of fire,

The lesson soon was learn'd aright.


Scheme A B BAX XX A
Poetic Form
Metre 0101001 01000101 11000101 01010101 11010101 110010101 110111110 0101111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 255
Words 46
Sentences 2
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 3, 2, 1
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 40
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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