Throughout his career, W.G. Sebald wrote poems that were strikingly similar to his prose. His tone, in both genres, was always understated but possessed of a mournful grandeur.
Im Laufe seiner Karriere schrieb W. G. Sebald Gedichte, die seiner Prosa auffallend ähnlich waren. Sein Ton war in beiden Genres immer zurückhaltend, aber er besaß eine traurige Größe.