Analysis of Farewell
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
To break one's word is pleasure-fraught,
To do one's duty gives a smart;
While man, alas! will promise nought,
That is repugnant to his heart.
Using some magic strains of yore,
Thou lurest him, when scarcely calm,
On to sweet folly's fragile bark once more,
Renewing, doubling chance of harm.
Why seek to hide thyself from me?
Fly not my sight--be open then!
Known late or early it must be,
And here thou hast thy word again.
My duty is fulfill'd to-day,
No longer will I guard thee from surprise;
But, oh, forgive the friend who from thee turns away,
And to himself for refuge flies!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111101 11110101 11011101 11010111 10110111 1111101 111110111 010100111 1111111 11111101 11110111 01111101 11010111 1101111101 110101111101 01011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 577 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 37 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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