This is an analysis of A Symbol by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
THE mason's trade Observe them well,
Resembles life, And watch them revealing…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a b ba X c d dc X X e eX X
- Stanza lengths: 1,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,
- Metre: 01010101 0101110010 010111010 0101111001 1111101001 111101001 01011101011 100011001 1101101101 01101010010 0101101010 1100111011 110111101 0110101011 1011011111100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 15
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