Analysis of Age

Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)



An animal face in the brown green

Glows shyly to me, the bushes smolder.

Very far away an old fountain sings

With children's voices. I listen there.

The wild jackdaws mock me

And all around the birches veil themselves.

I stand silent before a weed fire

And softly pictures paint themselves on it,

An ancient fairytale of love on golden ground.

The clouds spread their silence on the hill.

From the ghostly pond-mirror

Fruits beckon, shining and heavy.


Scheme X A X X B X A X X X A B
Poetic Form
Metre 110010011 1101101010 1010111101 110101101 01111 010101101 1110010110 0101010111 11010111101 011110101 1010110 11010010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 448
Words 80
Sentences 8
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 30
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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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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