Analysis of Closing Chord
Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)
The last, pale light went from the day,
The early passions have rustled down,
The holy wine of my joys spilled
Now my heart weeps in the night and listens
After the echo of its young celebrations,
Which trails off so placidly in the dark,
So shadowy, like wilted leaves falling
On an abandoned grave in autumn night.
| Scheme | XXXA AXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01111101 01010111 01011111 1111001010 10010111010 1111100001 1100110110 1101010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 320 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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