Analysis of The Mole Part One
Wilhelm Busch 1832 (Wiedensahl) – 1908 (German Empire)
In seinem Garten freudevoll
Geht hier ein Gärtner namens Knoll.
Doch seine Freudigkeit vergeht,
Ein Maulwurf wühlt im Pflanzenbeet.
Schnell eilt er fort und holt die Hacke,
Daß er den schwarzen Wühler packe.
Jetzt ist vor allem an der Zeit
Die listige Verschwiegenheit.
Aha! Schon hebt sich was im Beet,
Und Knoll erhebt sein Jagdgerät.
Schwupp! Da - und Knoll verfehlt das Ziel.
Die Hacke trennt sich von dem Stiel.
Das Instrument ist schnell geheilt;
Ein Nagel wird hineingekeilt.
Und wieder steht er ernst und krumm
Und schaut nach keiner Seite um.
A gardener by the name of Knoll
Goes for a joyful garden stroll.
His joyfulness, however, sours:
A mole is digging up the flowers.
He hurries off to fetch the hoe.
That old black burrower must go!
Instead of hit-or-miss aggression,
This problem calls for sly discretion.
Ah! Something's stirring in the patch,
And Knoll stands ready for the catch.
Take that! - And Knoll has missed his goal.
The hoe's asunder, not the mole.
The tool is mended without fail
By firmly wedging in a nail.
Again he's lurking, grave and bent,
Ignoring his environment.
Scheme | AABBCCBBBBAABBDD AAEEFFGGHHAAAABB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01101 11011111 11011 11100111 11011111 101110011 1111111 111 1111111 111111 1111111 1111111 1100111 11011 11010111 1111011 010010111 11010101 111010 011101010 11011101 11110011 011111010 110111010 11010001 01110101 11011111 01010101 01110011 1101001 01110101 01010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,112 |
Words | 190 |
Sentences | 24 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 16, 16 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 433 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 94 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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