Der Pflaumenbaum (the Plum Tree, Translation) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAABBBB ACAC D DEEEFFEB DADG D HBIBFFBB DDDG| Im Hofe steht ein Pflaumenbaum | A |
| Der ist so klein man glaubt es kaum | A |
| Er hat ein Gitter drum | A |
| So tritt ihn keiner um | A |
| Der Kleine kann nicht gr er wer'n | B |
| Ja gr er wer'n das m cht' er gern | B |
| 's ist keine Red davon | B |
| Er hat zu wenig Sonn' | B |
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| Dem Pflaumenbaum man glaubt ihm kaum | A |
| Weil er nie eine Pflaume hat | C |
| Doch er ist ein Pflaumenbaum | A |
| Man kennt es an dem Blatt | C |
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| The Plum Tree | D |
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| In the courtyard stands a plum tree | D |
| It's so small no one believes it | E |
| It has a fence around it | E |
| So no one can stomp on it | E |
| The little tree can't grow | F |
| Yes it wants to grow | F |
| No one talks about it | E |
| It gets too little sun | B |
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| No one believes it's a plum tree | D |
| Because it doesn't have a single plum | A |
| But it is a plum tree | D |
| You can tell by its leaf | G |
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| The Plum Tree | D |
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| A plum tree in the courtyard stands | H |
| so small no one believes it can | B |
| There is a fence surrounds | I |
| so no one stomps it down | B |
| The little tree can't grow | F |
| although it wants to so | F |
| There is no talk thereon | B |
| and much too little sun | B |
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| No one believes in the tree | D |
| because no plums do they see | D |
| But it's a plum tree | D |
| you can tell by its leaf | G |
Bertolt Brecht
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