Analysis of Without You
Hermann Hesse 1877 (Calw) – 1962 (Montagnola)
My Pillow gazes upon me at night
Empty as a gravestone;
I never thought it would be so bitter
To be alone,
Not to lie down asleep in your hair.
I lie alone in a silent house,
The hanging lamp darkened,
And gently stretch out my hands
To gather in yours,
And softly press my warm mouth
Toward you, and kiss myself, exhausted and weak-
Then suddenly I'm awake
And all around me the cold night grows still.
The star in the window shines clearly-
Where is your blond hair,
Where your sweet mouth?
Now I drink pain in every delight
And poison in every wine;
I never knew it would be so bitter
To be alone,
Alone, without you.
Translated by James Wright
Scheme | abcBd xxxxexxxxde axcBx a |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101001111 10101 1101111110 1101 111101011 110100101 010110 0101111 11001 0101111 01101101001 1100101 0101101111 010010110 11111 1111 1111010001 01001001 1101111110 1101 01011 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 634 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 11, 5, 1 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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