Analysis of Along the Sun-Drenched Roadside
Rainer Maria Rilke 1875 (Prague) – 1926 (Montreux)
Along the sun-drenched roadside, from the great
hollow half-treetrunk, which for generations
has been a trough, renewing in itself
an inch or two of rain, I satisfy
my thirst: taking the water's pristine coolness
into my whole body through my wrists.
Drinking would be too powerful, too clear;
but this unhurried gesture of restraint
fills my whole consciousness with shining water.
Thus, if you came, I could be satisfied
to let my hand rest lightly, for a moment,
lightly, upon your shoulder or your breast.
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 506 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 3 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 204 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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