Analysis of Exhausting
Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)
Putrefaction of dream-created paradises
Blows around this mourning-filled, tired heart,
That drank only disgust out of all sweetness,
And bleeds to death in vulgar pain.
Now it beats after the rhythm of faded dances
To the cloudy melodies of despair,
Meanwhile the star-crowns of old hope
Wither on the long ago godless altar.
From the drunkenness of fragrances and wines
An extreme awake feeling of shame remained with you -
Yesterday in distorted reflection -
And everyday's gray grief crushes you.
Scheme | A X A X A X X X A B X B |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101 1011101101 11100111110 01110101 1111001011010 1010100101 1011111 10101011010 10100110001 1010110110111 100010010 0111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 497 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 29, 2023
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