Analysis of Always Darker

Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)



The wind, which moves purple treetops,

Is God's breath that comes and goes.

The black village rises before the forest;

Three shadows are laid over the field.

Meagerly the valley dusks

Below and silent for the humble.

A seriousness greets in garden and hall,

That wants to finish the day,

Piously and darkly an organ-sound.

Marie is enthroned there in blue vestment

And cradles her babe in hand.

The night is starlit and long.


Scheme A X B X A X X X X B X X
Poetic Form
Metre 0111101 1111101 01101001010 11111001 10101 010101010 01000101001 1111001 1000101101 01111011 0100101 0111001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 422
Words 76
Sentences 7
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 28
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Georg Trakl

Georg Trakl was an Austrian poet. He is considered one of the most important Austrian Expressionists. more…

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