Table Song by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Table Song that begins with:

O'ER me--how I cannot say,--
Heav'nly rapture's growing....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ba ba cd c e fe fg hg h i Xi ea da d j kj kl fl f m hm ha la X a ha hi di d h bh bk fk f n in ia bdXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101 1010010 0010111 011110 1111100 001010 1011100 111010 1011101 111110 10111101 101010 1110011 011010 1010011 110110 1111101 101110 1100101 001110 10010101 111110 1111101 101110 1011111 111010 0110111 100010 1101101 111110 00100111 111010 1000111 111110 0010111 101010 0010111 111111 1010101 100111100 0110111 011110 0110101 001010 1010111 101010 0111111 101110 1010111 001110 1010101 111110 1100101 101010 1010111 101010 1111101 101010 1011111 0101010 0010001 1001010 1010100 001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 40
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 45
  • Average number of words per stanza: 8
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Table Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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