Analysis of Winter Walk in A-Minor

Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)



Red spheres often emerge from branches,

Snowed under softly and black by a long snowfall.

The priest escorts the dead person.

The nights are fulfilled by celebrations of masks.

Then tousled crows glide over the village;

In books fairy tales are written miraculously.

At the window an old man's hair flutters.

Demons go through the ill soul.

The well freezes in the courtyard. Decayed stairs fall

In the darkness and a wind blows

Through old shafts which are buried.

The palate tastes the frost's strong spices.


Scheme A X X X X X X X X X X A
Poetic Form
Metre 111001110 110100110110 01100110 01101101011 111110010 0110111001000 1010111110 1011011 01100010111 00100011 1111110 010101110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 507
Words 88
Sentences 10
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 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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