For Wednesday, February 13

Read and analyze the poem “Mondnacht” by Josef Karl Benedikt von Eichendorff. In particular, think about and be prepared to discuss the following:

• What idea or emotion unifies the poem’s different parts? (In other words, what is the poem about?)
• What actions or beliefs does the poem support?
• What examples of imagery do you find in the poem?
• How would you set this poem to music? (tempo, volume, mode, meter, rhythmic characteristics, etc.)
• Should this song be sung by a female or male vocalist? High, middle, low? What difference would it make to a listener’s impression of the poem?