Analysis of An Evening

Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)



In the evening the sky was overcast.

And through the grove full of silence and grief

A dark-golden shower went.

Distant evening bells faded away.

The earth has drunk icy water,

At the forest's edge a fire lay glowing,

The wind quietly sang with angel's voices

And shivering I have gone to the knee,

In the heather, in bitter cresses.

Far outside clouds swam in silver puddles,

Desolate guards of love.

The heath was lonesome and unmeasured.


Scheme A X X X X X B X B X X A
Poetic Form
Metre 001001110 0101111001 0110101 101011001 01111010 10101010110 0110011110 0100111101 001001010 1111101010 100111 0111001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 437
Words 79
Sentences 7
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 29
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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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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