The Dream of an Afternoon
Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)
Be silent! the ancestor arrives;
And his step dusks away again.
Shadows float up and down -
Birches hanging in the window.
And on the old vine-hill
The round dance of fauns romps anew,
And the slender nymphs rise
Quietly from the fountain-mirror.
Hear! A far thunderstorm threatens.
Incense steams from dark cresses,
Moths celebrate silent masses
Before decayed flower trellises.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | A X X X X X X X X B B A |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 376 |
Words | 63 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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