Analysis of Metamorphosis
Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)
An eternal light glows dark-red,
A heart so red, in sin's pressure!
Hail, o Mary!
Your pale effigy has blossomed
And your mantled body glows,
O woman, Mary!
In sweet tortures your lap burns,
Then your eye smiles painfully and largely,
O mother, Mary!
Scheme | X X A X X A X A A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101111 01110110 1110 11100110 011101 11010 0110111 1111100010 11010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 250 |
Words | 46 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 21 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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