Analysis of An Frau Nannette Falk-Auerbach.

Sidney Lanier 1842 (Macon) – 1881 (Lynn)



Als du im Saal mit deiner himmlischen Kunst
 Beethoven zeigst, und seinem Willen nach
Mit den zehn Fingern fuehrst der Leute Gunst,
 Zehn Zungen sagen was der Meister sprach.
Schauend dich an, ich seh', dass nicht allein
 Du sitzest:  jetzt herab die Toene ziehn
Beethovens Geist:  er steht bei dir, ganz rein:
 Fuer dich mit Vaters Stolz sein' Augen gluehn:
Er sagt, "Ich hoerte dich aus Himmelsluft,
 Die kommt ja naeher, wo ein Kuenstler spielt:
Mein Kind (ich sagte) mich zur Erde ruft:
 Ja, weil mein Arm kein Kind im Leben hielt,
  Gott hat mir dich nach meinem Tod gegeben,
  Nannette, Tochter! dich, mein zweites Leben!"


Scheme ABABCCCCAAAACC
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111111 100111101 1111111111 111011101 11111111 1111111 11011111 1111111111 0111111 1111111001 11111111 1111111101 11111111 1111110
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 623
Words 109
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 483
Words per stanza (avg) 108
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Sidney Lanier

Sidney Lanier was a poet, writer, composer, critic, professor of literature at Johns Hopkins and first flutist with the Peabody Symphony Orchestra in Baltiimore. He wrote the Centennial cantata for the opening ceremony of the 1876 Centennial celebration in Philadelphia. more…

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