Analysis of Fairy Tale

Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)



Rockets drizzle in the yellow sunshine;

What a mask-like throng in the old park.

Landscapes are mirrored in the gray sky

And sometimes one hears the faun scream dreadfully.

Its golden grin appears garishly in the grove.

In cresses the bumblebees' thick of battle clamors,

A rider trots past on a sallow white horse.

The poplars glow in vague rows.

The little girl who drowned in the pond today

Rests as a saint in the bleak room

And a glimmer of clouds often blinds her.

The old people go into the hothouse dully and ill

And water their flowers which wither.

At the gate voices whisper dream-confused.


Scheme X X X X X A A A X X B X B X
Poetic Form
Metre 101000101 101110011 11100011 00111011100 1101011001 0100111101 0101110111 011011 01011100101 11010011 0010111010 011010101101 010110110 1011010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 596
Words 109
Sentences 9
Stanzas 14
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 34
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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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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