Analysis of The Mole Part Two
Wilhelm Busch 1832 (Wiedensahl) – 1908 (German Empire)
Klabumm! - So krieg die Schwerenot! -
Der Nachbar schießt die Spatzen tot.
Klaboom! - Enough to lose one's head! -
The neighbour's shooting sparrows dead.
Doch immerhin und einerlei!
Ein Flintenschuß ist schnell vorbei.
But, anyhow and all the same!
The shooting's over. Knoll takes aim.
Schon wieder wühlt das Ungetier.
Wart! denkt sich Knoll. Jetzt kommen wir.
The monster's burrowing once more.
This is what Knoll's been waiting for.
Er schwingt die Hacke voller Hast -
Radatsch! - O schöner Birnenast!
Quite hastily he swings the hoe -
The pear tree's there to catch the blow.
Die Hacke ärgert ihn doch sehr,
Drum holt er jetzt den Spaten her.
The hoe's no good in times of need;
His trusty spade will do the deed.
Nun, Alter, sei gescheit und weise
Und mache leise, leise, leise!
Old boy, be silent, not a breath!
Let stealth and cunning be his death.
Schnarräng! - Da tönt ihm in das Ohr
Ein Bettelmusikantenchor.
Shnarrang! A din assaults his ear;
A band of street musicians 's here.
Musik wird oft nicht schön gefunden,
Weil sie stets mit Geräusch verbunden.
Music is always noise-related
And often not appreciated.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111 11011111 1011111 0110101 1111 11111 1100101 0110111 110100111 1111111 0110011 11111101 0111101 11111 11001101 01111101 111111 1101110 01110111 11011101 1101111 11111 11110101 11010111 111111011 11 1010111 011101011 1111111 111111111 10111010 01010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,140 |
Words | 196 |
Sentences | 32 |
Stanzas | 16 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 54 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 12, 2023
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