Analysis of Interior Portrait
Rainer Maria Rilke 1875 (Prague) – 1926 (Montreux)
You don't survive in me
because of memories;
nor are you mine because
of a lovely longing's strength.
What does make you present
is the ardent detour
that a slow tenderness
traces in my blood.
I do not need
to see you appear;
being born sufficed for me
to lose you a little less.
Translated by A. Poulin
| Scheme | AXXX XXXX XXAX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 011100 111101 101011 111110 101001 101100 10011 1111 11101 1010111 1110101 0101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 299 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 60 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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