To The Golden Heart That He Wore Around His Neck by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem To The Golden Heart That He Wore Around His Neck that begins with:

OH thou token loved of joys now perish'd
That I still wear from my neck suspended,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ba b cc de d e fgg fXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,2,2,1,1,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1110101110 1111011010 111011101110 111011101010 101101111101 1101 1101111101 1111110101 110101 1101110001 110101 10010011011 01000111011 0111011101 11010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 60
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; thou is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thro' is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him is repeated).

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