Analysis of Poem
Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)
A pious song came to me here:
You simple heart, you holy blood,
O take from me such an evil fervor!
There it was heard and laments no more!
My heart is heavy of every sin
And is exhausted in evil fervor,
And does not plead to the holy blood,
And is so mute and empty of tears.
| Scheme | X A B X X B A X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011111 11011101 1111111010 111100111 1111011001 0101001010 011110101 011101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 277 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 26 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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