To a Woman Passer-by
Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)
I have once seen passing-by
A face rich with pain,
That seemed akin to me deeply and clandestinely,
So god-sent -
And passed and disappeared.
I have once seen passing-by
A face rich with pain,
That impressed me,
As if I had recognized one,
Who dreaming I once called beloved
In an existence that long ago disappeared.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | A B c x d A B c x x d |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 315 |
Words | 59 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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