Analysis of Perfection
Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)
My brother, let us go more silent!
The streets darken placidly.
In the distance flags probably gleam and wave,
However, brother, let us be alone -
And rest looking at heaven,
Softly and wholly prepared in the heart,
And oblivious to past deed.
My brother, see, the world is wide!
Outdoors the wind plays with clouds,
They come like us, from somewhere.
Let us be like the flowers are,
So poor, my brother, so beautiful and glad!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111110 0110100 00101100101 101011101 0110110 1001001001 00100111 11010111 1101111 111111 11110101 11110110001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 424 |
Words | 79 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 28 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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