Unruhige See Yourself Analysis

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I chose these poems because of their imagery and theme. The two poems talk about the human’s experience and struggles in everyday life. Also, they present the miseries and dissatisfaction of an individual. This individual is presented in the text as the ‘self’, the identity of a person which is continuously negotiated according to the norms and standards set by the society. So, who am I? Do I know myself? The poem entitled Unruhige Seele answers, “to create a new self.” In the first poem, picturesque landscape of nature is used to create the imagery. Furthermore, nature is personified as if nature breaths, laughs and shares the emotions of a human soul. Yet, no matter how beautiful the nature is, it is still vulnerable to destruction- beauty