Analysis of Gipsy

Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)



The longing flames in their nightly glance
Toward that homeland they never find.
So they drift in an unfortunate fate,
That only melancholy may fathom completely.

The clouds lead their ways,
A migration of birds may sometimes escort them,
Until it loses their track in the evening,
And the wind sometimes carries an Ave of bells

In their camp's star-loneliness,
So that their songs swell more longing
And sob from inherited curse and suffering,
That no stars of hope softly illuminate.


Scheme XXXX XXAX XAAX
Poetic Form
Metre 010101101 01111101 1110101001 110100110010 01111 001011101011 01110110010 00101101111 0111100 11111110 011010010100 11111100100
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 490
Words 83
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 131
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Georg Trakl

Georg Trakl was an Austrian poet. He is considered one of the most important Austrian Expressionists. more…

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