Analysis of Whispered Into Afternoon
Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)
Sun of autumn, thin and shy
And fruit drops off the trees,
Blue silence fills the peace
Of a tardy afternoon’s sky.
Death knells forged of metal,
And a white beast hits the mire.
Brown lasses uncouth choir
Dies in leaves’ drifting prattle.
Brow of God dreams of hues,
Senses madness’ gentle wings.
Round the hill wield in rings
Black decay and shaded views.
Rest and wine in sunset’s gleam,
Sad guitars drizzle into night,
And to the mellow lamp inside
You turn in as in a dream.
Scheme | AXXA BXXB CDDC EXXE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (25%) |
Metre | 1110101 011101 110101 1010011 111110 0011101 111110 1011010 111111 1010101 101101 1010101 101011 10110011 01010101 1101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 480 |
Words | 90 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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