Analysis of The Stork's Vocation

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



THE stork who worms and frogs devours

That in our ponds reside,
Why should he dwell on high church-towers,

With which he's not allied?

Incessantly he chatters there,

And gives our ears no rest;
But neither old nor young can dare

To drive him from his nest.

I humbly ask it,--how can he

Give of his title proof,
Save by his happy tendency

To soil the church's roof?


Scheme A BA B C DC D E FE F
Poetic Form
Metre 011101010 1010101 111111110 111101 0100111 0110111 11011111 111111 11011111 111101 11110100 110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 361
Words 71
Sentences 4
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 31
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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