This is a piece of 22 measures with a very dark tone.

Measures 1-8 constitute the A section. It is extremely simple and introspective. The inner voices ascend and descend chromatically in 16th notes, evoking a sense of melancholy. The melody, in quarter and eighth notes, progresses slowly. The bass line, centered on E-flat, flows heavily.

The B section begins from measure 7. The left hand ascends and descends in the low register with 16th notes, and in measure 11, the right hand expresses the tonic chord decisively with fz.

From measure 13, the melody appears in unison in both hands with 16th notes. It progresses in the low register as if crawling along the ground.

From measure 19, it becomes the coda. The inner voices gradually change chromatically, concluding with the tonic chord marked pp.