Analysis of Deliriums
Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)
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Dark interpretation of the water: forehead in the mouth of the night,
Sighing in black pillows the rosy shadow of man,
Redness of autumn, the rustle of the maple in the old park,
Chamber concerts which fade on decayed stairs.
The black excrement, which runs off the roofs.
A red finger dips into your forehead
Blue snow sinks in the attic,
The deceased mirror of lovers.
Scheme | X X X X X X X X X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110 10010101010001101 100110010111 1011001010100011 1010111011 0110011101 0110101110 1110010 00110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 387 |
Words | 73 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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