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 |
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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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