Analysis of I
Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)
A paleness, resting in the shadow of decayed staircases -
It rises at night in silver guise
And wanders under the cloister.
In coolness of a tree and without pain
The perfect breathes
And does not need the autumnal stars -
Thorns over which the other falls.
Lovers ponder long after
His sad fall.
| Scheme | X X A X X X X A X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011000110110 110110101 01010010 0101010011 0011 011100101 11010101 1010110 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 296 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 26 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 28, 2023
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