Analysis of Fall Day
Rainer Maria Rilke 1875 (Prague) – 1926 (Montreux)
Lord, it is time. This was a very big summer.
Lay your shadows over the sundial,
and let the winds loose on the fields.
Command the last fruits to be full;
give them two more sunny days,
urge them on to fulfillment and throw
the last sweetness into the heavy wine.
Who has no house now, will never build one.
Whoever is alone now, will long remain so,
Will watch, read, write long letters
and will wander in the streets, here and there
restlessly, when the leaves blow.
Scheme | XXX XXAX XAXXA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111010110 1111001 01011101 01011111 1111101 111101001 0110010101 1111111011 010101111011 1111110 0110001101 1001011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 472 |
Words | 90 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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