Analysis of On the Edge of an Old Well

Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)



Dark interpretation of the water: broken forehead in the mouth of the night,

The boy's bluish shadow sighing in black pillows,

The rustling of the maple, steps in the old park,

Chamber concerts which fade on a spiral staircase,

Perhaps a moon which quietly climbs the steps.

The gentle voices of the nuns in the decayed church,

A blue tabernacle which slowly opens,

Stars which fall on your bony hands,

Perhaps a walk through abandoned rooms,

The blue tone of the flute in the hazel bushes - very quietly.


Scheme X X X X X X X X X X
Poetic Form
Metre 1001010101010001101 01101100110 010101010011 10101110101 01011100101 0101010100011 0110011010 11111101 010110101 01110100101010100
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 504
Words 91
Sentences 3
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 40
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 40
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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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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