Analysis of The Shadow

Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)



Since I sat in the garden this morning -

The trees stood abloom in blue,

Full of thrush calls and trills -

I saw my shadow in the grass,

Immensely distorted, a fantastical animal,

That lay before me like a bad dream.

And I left and trembled very much,

Meanwhile a fountain sang in the blueness

And a bud leapt purple

And the animal went alongside.


Scheme X X A A B X X A B X
Poetic Form Etheree  (20%)
Metre 1110010110 0110101 111101 1111001 01001001100 110111011 011010101 101010010 001110 001001011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 346
Words 68
Sentences 3
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 27
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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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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