I The Anaphora Poem Analysis

In the third poem, the speaker addresses the beloved for the first time. He has stepped into new territory and states that he had not known awe or desire before he met her. He begs her to choose him as a servant and to forgive the mistakes he is going to make. Three different images or ideas predominate the poem: a religious aspect, the concept of love as serving and the speaker’s youth and inexperience. After the trochees of the first two poems, the iambic metre of the third poem creates a sense of increased tempo. The focus has turned from a relatively calm contemplation of the scenery to the subjective experience of desire that has been transformed from the dreamlike state of the second poem to a more conscious and concrete longing. Throughout the entire song, the text helps the performers to coordinate the highly flexible tempi and dynamics that convey the intensity of emotions.
The first verse sets the atmosphere for the whole poem as the speaker humbly declares that he has come to new territory. The inversion of the first sentence is striking as it emphasises the speaker’s status as a newcomer while the pronoun “ich” …show more content…
The combination of alliteration and pararhyme in “meinen mienen” adds to the intensity of the poetry and requires a nuance of time for the singer to taste the words without losing the underlying energy. The third verse shares the verb with the second verse. Thus, the sentence gets shorter and more emphatic. The phrase “eh ich dich blickte” (before I saw you) is inserted before “rege” instead of added at the end. The important event of seeing the beloved for the first time is thus emphasised. Despite the many voices in the piano and the expressive hairpin dynamics, it is crucial not to get too loud too early, so the tension increases gradually towards that important