Analysis of Piano Practice
Rainer Maria Rilke 1875 (Prague) – 1926 (Montreux)
The summer hums. The afternoon fatigues;
she breathed her crisp white dress distractedly
and put into it that sharply etched etude
her impatience for a reality
that could come: tomorrow, this evening--,
that perhaps was there, was just kept hidden;
and at the window, tall and having everything,
she suddenly could feel the pampered park.
With that she broke off; gazed outside, locked
her hands together; wished for a long book--
and in a burst of anger shoved back
the jasmine scent. She found it sickened her.
Translated by Edward Snow
Scheme | XXAA BXBX AXXX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010100101 1101111 0101111011 00101010 11101110 1011111110 01010101010 1100110101 111111111 0101011011 000111011 0101111100 0101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 534 |
Words | 93 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 05, 2023
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