Analysis of On the Edge of an Old Water
Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)
Dark interpretation of the water: stars in the mouth of the night,
Sighing in black pillows the rosy shadow of man,
Redness of autumn, the rustling of the maple in the old park,
Chamber concerts which fade on decayed stairs.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001010101001101 100110010111 1011001010100011 1010111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 229 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 45 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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