Ich grolle nicht robert schumann biography

Analysis of song 7

The poem has again two strophes of four lines, with each two lines rhyming. The poem tells that he bears no grudge, but it is obvious that he is very angry.

The poem is full of irony.

Ich grolle nicht robert schumann biography

The contrast between "strahlst in Diamanternpracht" and "kein Strahl in deines Herzens Nacht" is very strong. In the second strophe, the poet sees in his dream how miserable she is. But is this true? Probably not, it is only a way to tackle the stress of his loss by becoming angry, just as the projection of his love in Maria in the Dom in Köln is also a way in the process of coping with the loss of his love to another lover.

Schumann added some repetitions of "Ich grolle nicht" and "Ewig verlornes Lieb" in the Heine text.

This has the effect of accentuating this statements, and because the meaning is quite the contrary it reinforces the irony of the poem.

The song has the same type