Analysis of From The Mountain
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
IF I, dearest Lily, did not love thee,
How this prospect would enchant my sight!
And yet if I, Lily, did not love thee,
Could I find, or here, or there, delight?
| Scheme | A BA B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110101111 111010111 0111101111 111111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 166 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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