Analysis of At the Moor
Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)
At the Moor
Wanderer in the blackened wind. Dry reeds whisper
in the stillness of the moor. A column of savage birds
ensues in the dawning sky.
Over murky waters they cross.
Uproar. From the crumbling shack
the black wings of rot flutter up.
Crippled birches sigh in the wind.
Evening in the forsaken tavern. The way home is shrouded
by the tender sadness of the grazing herd.
Night becomes manifest: toads emerge from the silver water.
Translated by Eric Plattner & Joseph Suglia
Wanderer im schwarzen Wind; leise flüstert das dürre Rohr
In der Stille des Moors. Am grauen Himmel
Ein Zug von wilden Vögeln folgt;
Quere über finsteren Wassern.
Aufruhr. In verfallener Hütte
Aufflattert mit schwarzen Flügeln die Fäulnis;
Verkrüppelte Birken seufzen im Wind.
Abend in verlassener Schenke. Den Heimweg umwittert
Die sanfte Schwermut grasender Herden,
Erscheinung der Nacht: Kröten tauchen aus silbernen Wassern.
Scheme | X ABXX XXC XXA D XDCE CBC CEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101 100001011110 00101010101101 0100101 10101011 1101001 01111101 1011001 100001010011110 10101010101 10110101101010 01011010101 1001111111111 011111110 11110111 1111 10111 1111111111 111111 10011111 11111 111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,006 |
Words | 151 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 3, 3, 1, 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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