Analysis of Silence
Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)
Over the forests the moon
Gleams pale, makes us dream,
The willow by the dark pond
Weeps soundlessly in the night.
A heart extinguishes - and placidly
The fogs flood and rise -
Scheme | X X X X X X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001001 11111 011011 11001 0110100 01101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 196 |
Words | 37 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 23 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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