From Faust - I. Dedication by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem From Faust - I. Dedication that begins with:

YE shadowy forms, again ye're drawing near,
So wont of yore to meet my troubled gaze!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ba ba bcc a dX da dee f gf gf gXX b cb cb XgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,3,1,2,2,3,1,2,2,3,1,2,2,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001011101 1101011101 0001010111 1111110101 1111010101 1001011111 1101010101 1001011111 1101010101 11001110111 11111111110 1101011101 0111011111 0101110101 01111011001 0111010011 1101111101 0101110111 1011010101 1101110101 1110010101 1111001101 11111101010 010111001010 1101001101 1111010101 101011100 110011101001 01001011111 1101110110 1101110100 0101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, my are repeated.

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