Analysis of To The Spring
Friedrich Schiller 1759 (Marbach am Neckar) – 1805 (Weimar)
Welcome, gentle Stripling,
Nature's darling thou!
With thy basket full of blossoms,
A happy welcome now!
Aha!--and thou returnest,
Heartily we greet thee--
The loving and the fair one,
Merrily we meet thee!
Think'st thou of my maiden
In thy heart of glee?
I love her yet, the maiden--
And the maiden yet loves me!
For the maiden, many a blossom
I begged--and not in vain!
I came again a-begging,
And thou--thou givest again:
Welcome, gentle Stripling,
Nature's darling thou--
With thy basket full of blossoms,
A happy welcome now!
| Scheme | ABCBxdeded edxxaxABCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 101010 10101 11101110 010101 1011 100111 0100011 100111 1111110 01111 1101010 0010111 101010010 110101 1101010 011101 101010 10101 11101110 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 615 |
| Words | 93 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10, 10 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 203 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 24, 2023
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