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Lutherstrophe

Lutherstrophe () is a seven-line strophe used in Occitan and German song and literature. Rooted in Old Occitan lyric poetry and Minnesang, the strophe became popular in 16th-century Lutheran hymn. It is named after Martin Luther.

History

Chronology

Form

The rhyme scheme is or . The seven individual lines are iambic. The first four lines are an alternating rhyme , like in German folk songs. This is followed by two lines of a third rhyme , a couplet rhyme. The last line, as conclusion, is again the second rhyme or does not rhyme , an orphan. Thus it consists of a quatrain and a tercet. The scheme is related to rhyme royal in English literature.

Examples

Psalm 12

Rhyme scheme:

Psalm 130

Rhyme scheme:

Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier

Rhyme scheme:

Other hymns

Der Sänger

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Rhyme scheme:

Die Hermannsschlacht

Die Hermannsschlacht (Kleist)

Heinrich von Kleist

Rhyme scheme:

Das Mädchen mit dem Muttermal

Joachim Ringelnatz

Rhyme scheme:

Variant: Cantiga de amor

Men Rodriguez Tenoiro

Rhyme scheme:

References

Sources

Variants

  • (abbaccb, abbacca, ababcca, ababccb)