Analysis of Solemn Hour
Rainer Maria Rilke 1875 (Prague) – 1926 (Montreux)
Whoever now weeps somewhere in the world,
weeps without reason in the world,
weeps over me.
Whoever now laughs somewhere in the night,
laughs without reason in the night,
laughs at me.
Whoever now wanders somewhere in the world,
wanders without reason out in the world,
wanders toward me.
Whoever now dies somewhere in the world,
dies without reason in the world,
looks at me.
| Scheme | AAB CCB AAB AAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010111001 10110001 1101 010111001 10110001 111 0101101001 1001101001 10011 010111001 10110001 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 373 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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