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?
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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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