Analysis of Grabschrift Marianae Gryphiae,

Andreas Gryphius 1616 (Głogów) – 1664 (Głogów)



Geboren in der Flucht, umringt mit Schwert und Brand,
Schier in dem Rauch erstickt, der Mutter herbes Pfand,
Des Vatern höchste Furcht, die an das Licht gedrungen,
Als die ergrimmte Glut mein Vaterland verschlungen:
Ich habe diese Welt beschaut und bald gesegnet,
Weil mir auf Einen Tag all' Angst der Welt begegnet;
Wo ihr die Tage zählt, so bin ich jung verschwunden,
Sehr alt, wofern ihr schätzt, was ich für Angst empfunden.

Epitaph for Mariana Gryphius,

I: born in flight, breathing the smoke of war,
ringed round with fire and steel, my father's care,
my mother's pain, was thrust into the light
as my land sank in angry, burning night.
I saw the world, and soon I looked away,
since all its terrors met me on one day.
Though I died young, if only days are told,
count up my fears, and I was very old.


Scheme AABBAABB X XXCCDDEE
Poetic Form
Metre 10111111111 10011111011 1111111111 1111111 11111111 1111111111 11111111111 111111111111 1010101 1101100111 11110011101 1101110101 1111010101 1101011101 1111011111 1111110111 1111011101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 819
Words 148
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 1, 8
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 208
Words per stanza (avg) 49
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Andreas Gryphius

Andreas Gryphius was a German lyric poet and dramatist. more…

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