Analysis of Quaint Spring
Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)
Probably around the deep midday,
I lay on an old stone,
Before me in quaint dress
Three angels stood in the sunshine.
O ominous spring year!
In the acre the last snow melted,
And the birch's hair hung quivering
In the cold, clear lake.
From the sky a blue ribbon blew,
And beautifully a cloud flowed within,
Facing it, I lay dreaming -
The angels kneeled in sunshine.
Loudly a bird sang marvelous stories,
And at once I could understand it:
Still before your first desire is satisfied,
You must go die, must go die!
Scheme | X X X A X X B X X X B A X X X X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10001011 111111 011011 1101001 110011 001001110 001011100 00111 10101101 010001101 1011110 010101 1001110010 01111011 10111010110 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 508 |
Words | 97 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 16 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 25 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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