Analysis of Season

Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)



Ruby-veins crept into the foliage.

Then the pond was calm and wide.

By the forest's edge brightly scattered

Bluish speckles and brown dust lay.

A fisherman drew in his nets.

Then dusk came over the field.

But, a yard shined still palely illuminated

And maids brought fruit and wine.

Distantly a shepherd's song died after.

Then huts stood bleak and strange.

The forest in gray shroud

Evoked sad memory.

And overnight time became quiet

And an army of ravens flew

As if in black holes in the forest and moved

Toward the town's very distant ringing.


Scheme X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Poetic Form
Metre 101101010 1011101 101011010 1010111 0101011 1111001 1011110100 011101 10101110 111101 010011 011100 010110110 01101101 11011001001 0101101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 539
Words 98
Sentences 11
Stanzas 16
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 27
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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