Analysis of To Be Read in the Morning and at Night
Bertolt Brecht 1898 (Augsburg) – 1956 (East Berlin)
Morgens und abends zu lesen
Der, den ich liebe
Hat mir gesagt
Daß er mich braucht.
Darum
Gebe ich auf mich acht
Sehe auf meinen Weg und
Fürchte von jedem Regentropfen
Daß er mich erschlagen könnte.
To read in the morning and at night
My love
Has told me
That he needs me.
That's why
I take good care of myself
Watch out where I'm going and
Fear that any drop of rain
Might kill me.
| Scheme | AXBB CBBAB BXCC XXBAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111 1111 111 1011 1 11111 111011 11111 101111 110010011 11 111 1111 11 111111 1111100 1110111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 399 |
| Words | 80 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 26, 2023
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