"Never again" by Ulla Hahn

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Ulla Hahn describes in her poem "Never more" first and foremost the heartache and much that a disappointed love classically entails: waiting in front of the phone, the lyrical self's disappointment that the beloved not calling. This analysis explains the emotional world of the lyrical ego or the author hidden behind the poem.

Time gives way to all sorrow.
Time gives way to all sorrow.

Analysis of the poem "Never again" 

  • Ulla Hahn resp. the lyrical ego makes it clear right from the start that the poem should not have been written. This comes from the text lines “I never wanted that again” ff. emerged. She means all the grief and waiting. She didn't want to go through this again and it happened again against her will and against all planning. Descriptions such as “painting around the house” and “standing at the window” make it clear how much she is tormented and waiting.
  • There is no alternative occupation that would still make sense, the classic process of love pain is run through from the first stanza, i.e. from the beginning. Despair, the desire to return the old love is described, "oozing" letters are written that are never supposed to be sent. The longing and hoping phase is painfully lived through, but the redeeming call does not come and neither does the beloved visit.
  • Thereupon the picture turns in the second stanza. The lyrical ego is suddenly released and freed from pain, which is replaced by anger, which is to be followed by indifference at some point. The beloved is now to be “taken by the devil”, longing has given way to contempt.

Ulla Hahn's message

  • The temporal analysis of Ulla Hahn's poem "Nie mehr" only allows one result: it is timeless in every respect. “I never wanted that again” is completely timeless, but clear and direct - it applies to all time.
  • The analysis of the emotional world is obvious. The lyrical self longs for calm and peace of mind.
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  • In order to get both back, however, the phase of pain, grief and the subsequent slow forgetting must be lived through little by little. A classic of love, separation and pain that everyone has to go through at least once in their life and that most people know very well. Therefore, the reader of the poem can easily identify with the message. Lovesick people feel understood.
  • It can be assumed that Ulla Hahn wrote the poem out of her own, equally painful experience. But since their negative attitude ultimately also creates something new and positive through their anger, "Nie mehr" also gives the reader consolation.

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