Analysis of To a Woman Passer-by
Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)
I have once seen passing-by
A face rich with pain,
That seemed akin to me deeply and clandestinely,
So god-sent -
And passed and disappeared.
I have once seen passing-by
A face rich with pain,
That impressed me,
As if I had recognized one,
Who dreaming I once called beloved
In an existence that long ago disappeared.
| Scheme | A B c x d A B c x x d |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111101 01111 1101111000100 111 01001 1111101 01111 1011 1111101 11011101 01010110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 315 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 11 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 23 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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