Analysis of Apparent Death.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
WEEP, maiden, weep here o'er the tomb of Love;
He died of nothing by mere chance was slain.
But is he really dead? oh, that I cannot prove:
A nothing, a mere chance, oft gives him life again.
| Scheme | X XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011100111 1111011111 111101111101 010011111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 194 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 48 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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