Hermann and Dorothea
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Few modern poems of any country are as perfect as Herman and Dorothea Goethe. In the clarity of the feature, in the unity of the tone, in the setting of the background and foreground, in the execution of the narrative, it perfectly corresponds to the rigid canons of art; However, it retains freshness and spontaneity in its emotional appeal, which are rarely found in works with such classical perfection in form.
