Analysis of Delirium
Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)
The black snow runs down from the rooftops;
A red finger dips into your brow;
Blue snow flakes sink into the empty room,
They are a lovers’ dying mirrors.
Heavy and torn to pieces the mind muses,
Follows the shadow in the mirror of blue snow flakes,
The cold smile of a deceased harlot.
The evening’s wind weeps in the scent of carnations.
Scheme | ABCDEFGH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111101 011010111 1111010101 110101010 10011100110 100100101111 011100110 010110011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 344 |
Words | 65 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 267 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 07, 2023
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