{"work":{"slug":"rilke","title":{"source":"Neue Gedichte","translated":"New Poems"},"author":"Rainer Maria Rilke","language":"German","languageCode":"de","url":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke"},"unit":{"kind":"poem","number":null,"id":"der-balkon","title":{"source":"Der Balkon","translated":"The Balcony"},"section":"New Poems: The Other Part","summary":null,"url":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/der-balkon","lines":25},"previous":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/vor-ostern","next":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/auswanderer-schiff","license":"Source text: public domain (Rainer Maria Rilke, died 1926; Neue Gedichte published 1907 and 1908), from Wikisource. English translation and notes: © 2026 1732 Studios, LLC. Narration: synthesized for this edition.","audioBase":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/","lines":[{"number":1,"label":"1","id":"der-balkon-s1-l1","source":"Von der Enge, oben, des Balkones","translation":"From the narrowness, above, of the balcony,","stanza":1,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-balkon-s1-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"die Enge","title":"Abstract noun from eng","body":"Enge is the abstract noun from eng, 'narrow'. It means 'narrowness, a cramped space'. Here von der Enge names the tight space at the top of the balcony, the dative object of von."},{"kind":"grammar","term":"des Balkones","title":"Genitive ending -es","body":"des Balkones is the genitive of der Balkon, 'of the balcony'. The ending -es is an older variant of plain -s. The genitive phrase closes the line, after the adverb oben, 'above'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Von","lemma":"von","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on sehn","gloss":"from"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Enge","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Enge","lemma":"Enge","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Von","gloss":"narrowness"},{"surface":"oben","lemma":"oben","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on Enge","gloss":"above"},{"surface":"des","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, genitive, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Balkones","gloss":"of the"},{"surface":"Balkones","lemma":"Balkon","morphology":"noun, genitive, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Enge","gloss":"balcony"}]},{"number":2,"label":"2","id":"der-balkon-s1-l2","source":"angeordnet wie von einem Maler","translation":"arranged as if by a painter","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-balkon-s1-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"angeordnet","title":"Separable verb as participle","body":"anordnen means 'to arrange, set in order'; it is separable, an plus ordnen. Its past participle inserts ge- after the prefix, angeordnet, 'arranged'. Here it describes the figures on the balcony as arranged by an unnamed painter."}],"words":[{"surface":"angeordnet","lemma":"anordnen","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on sehn","gloss":"arranged"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on von","gloss":"as if"},{"surface":"von","lemma":"von","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on angeordnet","gloss":"by"},{"surface":"einem","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Maler","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"Maler","lemma":"Maler","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on von","gloss":"painter"}]},{"number":3,"label":"3","id":"der-balkon-s1-l3","source":"und gebunden wie zu einem Strauß","translation":"and bound as into a bouquet","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-balkon-s1-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"der Strauß","title":"A bunch of flowers","body":"Strauß means 'a bouquet, a bunch of flowers'. gebunden wie zu einem Strauß means 'bound as into a bouquet', describing how the figures are gathered together on the balcony."}],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on angeordnet","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"gebunden","lemma":"binden","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on sehn","gloss":"bound"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on zu","gloss":"as if"},{"surface":"zu","lemma":"zu","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on gebunden","gloss":"into"},{"surface":"einem","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Strauß","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"Strauß","lemma":"Strauß","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on zu","gloss":"bouquet"}]},{"number":4,"label":"4","id":"der-balkon-s1-l4","source":"alternder Gesichter und ovaler,","translation":"of aging faces, and of oval ones,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-balkon-s1-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"alternder Gesichter","title":"Genitive plural after Strauß","body":"alternder Gesichter is genitive plural, 'of aging faces', depending on Strauß in the line before. alternd is the present participle of altern, 'to grow old', used as an adjective. und ovaler extends the same genitive to 'oval ones'."}],"words":[{"surface":"alternder","lemma":"alternd","morphology":"adjective, genitive, neuter, plural","role":"depends on Gesichter","gloss":"aging"},{"surface":"Gesichter","lemma":"Gesicht","morphology":"noun, genitive, neuter, plural","role":"depends on Strauß","gloss":"faces"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on Gesichter","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"ovaler","lemma":"oval","morphology":"adjective, genitive, neuter, plural","role":"depends on und","gloss":"oval ones"}]},{"number":5,"label":"5","id":"der-balkon-s1-l5","source":"klar im Abend, sehn sie idealer,","translation":"clear in the evening, they look more ideal,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-balkon-s1-l5.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"sehn … aus","title":"Separable verb split across lines","body":"aussehen means 'to look, appear' and is separable. The finite verb sehn, a clipped form of sehen, stands here, but its prefix aus does not arrive until the end of the next line. sehn sie idealer aus means 'they look more ideal'."}],"words":[{"surface":"klar","lemma":"klar","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on sehn","gloss":"clear"},{"surface":"im","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on klar","gloss":"in the"},{"surface":"Abend","lemma":"Abend","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on im","gloss":"evening"},{"surface":"sehn","lemma":"aussehen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"look","note":"Separable verb aussehen ('to look, appear'): sehn (here) ... aus (end of next line)."},{"surface":"sie","lemma":"sie","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, plural","role":"subject of sehn","gloss":"they"},{"surface":"idealer","lemma":"ideal","morphology":"adverb, comparative","role":"depends on sehn","gloss":"more ideal"}]},{"number":6,"label":"6","id":"der-balkon-s1-l6","source":"rührender und wie für immer aus.","translation":"more touching, and as if forever.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-balkon-s1-l6.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"aus","title":"Separable prefix lands here","body":"This aus completes aussehen, begun with sehn in the line before: sehn sie aus, 'they look'. The comparatives idealer and rührender, 'more ideal, more touching', and the phrase wie für immer, 'forever', all depend on this verb."}],"words":[{"surface":"rührender","lemma":"rührend","morphology":"adverb, comparative","role":"depends on sehn","gloss":"more touching"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on rührender","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on für","gloss":"as if"},{"surface":"für","lemma":"für","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on sehn","gloss":"for"},{"surface":"immer","lemma":"immer","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on für","gloss":"ever"},{"surface":"aus","lemma":"aus","morphology":"separable verb prefix","role":"depends on sehn","gloss":"out","note":"Completes aussehen ('to look, appear') begun with sehn two lines earlier."}]},{"number":7,"label":"7","id":"der-balkon-s2-l1","source":"Diese aneinander angelehnten","translation":"These sisters leaning one against another,","stanza":2,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-balkon-s2-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"aneinander angelehnten","title":"Adverb plus adjectival participle","body":"aneinander means 'against one another'; anlehnen, separable, is 'to lean against'. angelehnten is its past participle used as an adjective, agreeing with Schwestern in the next line, 'these sisters leaning against one another'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Diese","lemma":"dieser","morphology":"determiner, nominative, feminine, plural","role":"depends on Schwestern","gloss":"these"},{"surface":"aneinander","lemma":"aneinander","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on angelehnten","gloss":"against one another"},{"surface":"angelehnten","lemma":"angelehnt","morphology":"adjective, nominative, feminine, plural","role":"depends on Schwestern","gloss":"leaning"}]},{"number":8,"label":"8","id":"der-balkon-s2-l2","source":"Schwestern, die, als ob sie sich von weit","translation":"sisters who, as if from afar","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-balkon-s2-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"als ob","title":"Subjunctive of comparison","body":"als ob means 'as though' and introduces an unreal comparison, so its verb takes the subjunctive, here sehnten two lines down. The sentence reads 'as though they longed for one another from afar'. The clause opened here completes only at sehnten."}],"words":[{"surface":"Schwestern","lemma":"Schwester","morphology":"noun, nominative, feminine, plural","role":"subject of lehnen","gloss":"sisters"},{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, feminine, plural","role":"subject of lehnen","gloss":"who"},{"surface":"als","lemma":"als","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on sehnten","gloss":"as"},{"surface":"ob","lemma":"ob","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on als","gloss":"if"},{"surface":"sie","lemma":"sie","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, feminine, plural","role":"subject of sehnten","gloss":"they"},{"surface":"sich","lemma":"sich","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, plural, reflexive","role":"depends on sehnten","gloss":"for one another"},{"surface":"von","lemma":"von","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on sehnten","gloss":"from"},{"surface":"weit","lemma":"weit","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on von","gloss":"afar"}]},{"number":9,"label":"9","id":"der-balkon-s2-l3","source":"ohne Aussicht nacheinander sehnten,","translation":"with no prospect, longed for one another,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-balkon-s2-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"sich … sehnten","title":"Subjunctive of sich sehnen","body":"sich sehnen nach means 'to long for'. sehnten is Konjunktiv II, past subjunctive, governed by als ob above, so it reads 'as though they longed'. nacheinander means 'for one another'; ohne Aussicht means 'without prospect'."}],"words":[{"surface":"ohne","lemma":"ohne","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on sehnten","gloss":"without"},{"surface":"Aussicht","lemma":"Aussicht","morphology":"noun, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on ohne","gloss":"prospect"},{"surface":"nacheinander","lemma":"nacheinander","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on sehnten","gloss":"for one another"},{"surface":"sehnten","lemma":"sehnen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the als-ob clause","gloss":"longed"}]},{"number":10,"label":"10","id":"der-balkon-s2-l4","source":"lehnen, Einsamkeit an Einsamkeit;","translation":"lean, loneliness against loneliness;","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-balkon-s2-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Einsamkeit an Einsamkeit","title":"Noun repeated across a preposition","body":"Einsamkeit means 'loneliness'. lehnen, 'to lean', is now the main verb of the sentence begun with Diese Schwestern. The repeated noun with an, 'against', gives Einsamkeit an Einsamkeit, 'loneliness against loneliness'."}],"words":[{"surface":"lehnen","lemma":"lehnen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"lean"},{"surface":"Einsamkeit","lemma":"Einsamkeit","morphology":"noun, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on lehnen","gloss":"loneliness"},{"surface":"an","lemma":"an","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on Einsamkeit","gloss":"against"},{"surface":"Einsamkeit","lemma":"Einsamkeit","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on an","gloss":"loneliness"}]},{"number":11,"label":"11","id":"der-balkon-s3-l1","source":"und der Bruder mit dem feierlichen","translation":"and the brother with the solemn","stanza":3,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-balkon-s3-l1.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on verglichen","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Bruder","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Bruder","lemma":"Bruder","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"subject of verglichen","gloss":"brother"},{"surface":"mit","lemma":"mit","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on Bruder","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"dem","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Schweigen","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"feierlichen","lemma":"feierlich","morphology":"adjective, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Schweigen","gloss":"solemn"}]},{"number":12,"label":"12","id":"der-balkon-s3-l2","source":"Schweigen, zugeschlossen, voll Geschick,","translation":"silence, closed shut, full of fate,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-balkon-s3-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"zugeschlossen","title":"Zuschließen and Geschick","body":"zuschließen means 'to lock, to shut'; zugeschlossen describes the brother as 'locked up, shut in'. Geschick means 'fate, destiny' here rather than its other sense 'skill'. voll Geschick reads 'full of fate'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Schweigen","lemma":"Schweigen","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on mit","gloss":"silence"},{"surface":"zugeschlossen","lemma":"zuschließen","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on Schweigen","gloss":"closed shut"},{"surface":"voll","lemma":"voll","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on Schweigen","gloss":"full of"},{"surface":"Geschick","lemma":"Geschick","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on voll","gloss":"fate"}]},{"number":13,"label":"13","id":"der-balkon-s3-l3","source":"doch von einem sanften Augenblick","translation":"yet by a gentle moment","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-balkon-s3-l3.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"doch","lemma":"doch","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on von","gloss":"yet"},{"surface":"von","lemma":"von","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on verglichen","gloss":"by"},{"surface":"einem","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Augenblick","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"sanften","lemma":"sanft","morphology":"adjective, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Augenblick","gloss":"gentle"},{"surface":"Augenblick","lemma":"Augenblick","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on von","gloss":"moment"}]},{"number":14,"label":"14","id":"der-balkon-s3-l4","source":"mit der Mutter unbemerkt verglichen;","translation":"imperceptibly likened to the mother;","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-balkon-s3-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"verglichen mit","title":"Dative-governing verb, passive participle","body":"vergleichen mit means 'to compare, to liken to' and takes the dative, mit der Mutter, 'to the mother'. verglichen is its past participle, used passively here, 'likened to the mother'. unbemerkt means 'imperceptibly'."}],"words":[{"surface":"mit","lemma":"mit","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on verglichen","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Mutter","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Mutter","lemma":"Mutter","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on mit","gloss":"mother"},{"surface":"unbemerkt","lemma":"unbemerkt","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on verglichen","gloss":"imperceptibly"},{"surface":"verglichen","lemma":"vergleichen","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"likened"}]},{"number":15,"label":"15","id":"der-balkon-s4-l1","source":"und dazwischen, abgelebt und länglich,","translation":"and in between, worn out and elongated,","stanza":4,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-balkon-s4-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"abgelebt","title":"Worn out by living","body":"abgelebt, literally 'lived off, used up', is the participle of ableben, here meaning 'worn out by living, spent'. länglich means 'elongated, longish'. dazwischen, 'in between', places this figure among the others in the group."}],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"dazwischen","lemma":"dazwischen","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on und","gloss":"in between"},{"surface":"abgelebt","lemma":"abgelebt","morphology":"adjective","role":"depends on dazwischen","gloss":"worn out"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on abgelebt","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"länglich","lemma":"länglich","morphology":"adjective","role":"depends on und","gloss":"elongated"}]},{"number":16,"label":"16","id":"der-balkon-s4-l2","source":"längst mit keinem mehr verwandt,","translation":"long since kin to no one,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-balkon-s4-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"mit keinem mehr verwandt","title":"Verwandt mit plus double negative","body":"verwandt mit means 'related to, kin to' and governs the dative. mit keinem mehr means 'with no one anymore': kein negates and mehr adds 'any longer'. längst, 'long since', intensifies the phrase 'long since related to no one'."}],"words":[{"surface":"längst","lemma":"längst","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on verwandt","gloss":"long since"},{"surface":"mit","lemma":"mit","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on verwandt","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"keinem","lemma":"kein","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"depends on mit","gloss":"no one"},{"surface":"mehr","lemma":"mehr","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on mit","gloss":"anymore"},{"surface":"verwandt","lemma":"verwandt","morphology":"adjective","role":"depends on Maske","gloss":"kin"}]},{"number":17,"label":"17","id":"der-balkon-s4-l3","source":"einer Greisin Maske, unzugänglich,","translation":"an old woman's mask, unapproachable,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-balkon-s4-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"einer Greisin Maske","title":"Genitive placed before its noun","body":"die Greisin means 'an aged woman, a crone'. einer Greisin Maske is genitive, 'an old woman's mask', with the genitive einer Greisin placed before its noun Maske, an older order. unzugänglich means 'inaccessible, unapproachable'."}],"words":[{"surface":"einer","lemma":"eine","morphology":"determiner, genitive, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Greisin","gloss":"an"},{"surface":"Greisin","lemma":"Greisin","morphology":"noun, genitive, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Maske","gloss":"old woman's"},{"surface":"Maske","lemma":"Maske","morphology":"noun, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"subject of hängt","gloss":"mask"},{"surface":"unzugänglich","lemma":"unzugänglich","morphology":"adjective","role":"depends on Maske","gloss":"unapproachable"}]},{"number":18,"label":"18","id":"der-balkon-s4-l4","source":"wie im Fallen von der einen Hand","translation":"as if in falling, by the one hand","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-balkon-s4-l4.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on im","gloss":"as if"},{"surface":"im","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on aufgehalten","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"Fallen","lemma":"Fallen","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on im","gloss":"falling"},{"surface":"von","lemma":"von","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on aufgehalten","gloss":"by"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Hand","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"einen","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Hand","gloss":"one"},{"surface":"Hand","lemma":"Hand","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on von","gloss":"hand"}]},{"number":19,"label":"19","id":"der-balkon-s4-l5","source":"aufgehalten, während eine zweite,","translation":"held up, while a second,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-balkon-s4-l5.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"aufgehalten","title":"Participle suspended across lines","body":"aufhalten, separable, means 'to stop, to hold back'. The participle aufgehalten opens this line but belongs with the previous line's phrase, 'held up by the one hand'. während, 'while', then opens a contrast with a second hand."}],"words":[{"surface":"aufgehalten","lemma":"aufhalten","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on Maske","gloss":"held up"},{"surface":"während","lemma":"während","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on hängt","gloss":"while"},{"surface":"eine","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on zweite","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"zweite","lemma":"zweiter","morphology":"adjective, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"subject of hängt","gloss":"second [hand]"}]},{"number":20,"label":"20","id":"der-balkon-s4-l6","source":"welkere, als ob sie weitergleite,","translation":"a more withered one, as if it slid further down,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-balkon-s4-l6.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"als ob sie weitergleite","title":"Subjunctive of weitergleiten","body":"welkere is the comparative of welk, 'withered', so 'a more withered one'. weitergleiten, separable, means 'to glide onward'. weitergleite is Konjunktiv I after als ob, giving 'as though it slid further'."}],"words":[{"surface":"welkere","lemma":"welk","morphology":"adjective, comparative, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on zweite","gloss":"more withered"},{"surface":"als","lemma":"als","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on weitergleite","gloss":"as"},{"surface":"ob","lemma":"ob","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on als","gloss":"if"},{"surface":"sie","lemma":"sie","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"subject of weitergleite","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"weitergleite","lemma":"weitergleiten","morphology":"verb, present, subjunctive, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the als-ob clause","gloss":"slid further"}]},{"number":21,"label":"21","id":"der-balkon-s4-l7","source":"unten vor den Kleidern hängt zur Seite","translation":"hangs to one side, below, before the clothes","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-balkon-s4-l7.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"hängt … zur Seite","title":"Finite verb with stacked adverbs","body":"hängen, 'to hang', is the finite verb of this clause. zur Seite means 'to the side'; unten means 'below' and vor den Kleidern means 'before the clothes'. All three depend on hängt, stacking the hand's position precisely."}],"words":[{"surface":"unten","lemma":"unten","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on hängt","gloss":"below"},{"surface":"vor","lemma":"vor","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on hängt","gloss":"before"},{"surface":"den","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, neuter, plural","role":"depends on Kleidern","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Kleidern","lemma":"Kleid","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, plural","role":"depends on vor","gloss":"clothes"},{"surface":"hängt","lemma":"hängen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"hangs"},{"surface":"zur","lemma":"zu","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on hängt","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"Seite","lemma":"Seite","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on zur","gloss":"side"}]},{"number":22,"label":"22","id":"der-balkon-s5-l1","source":"von dem Kinder-Angesicht,","translation":"of the child's countenance,","stanza":5,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-balkon-s5-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"das Angesicht","title":"A solemn word for face","body":"Angesicht is an elevated, literary word for 'face, countenance', more formal than the everyday Gesicht. Kinder-Angesicht means 'child's countenance'. The preposition von reaches back to hängt vor den Kleidern across the stanza break."}],"words":[{"surface":"von","lemma":"von","morphology":"preposition","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"dem","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Kinder-Angesicht","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Kinder-Angesicht","lemma":"Kinder-Angesicht","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on von","gloss":"child's countenance"}]},{"number":23,"label":"23","id":"der-balkon-s5-l2","source":"das das Letzte ist, versucht, verblichen,","translation":"which is the last one, tentative, faded,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-balkon-s5-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"das das Letzte ist","title":"Two different words for das","body":"The two instances of das here are different words. The first is a relative pronoun, 'which'; the second is the article in das Letzte, 'the last one'. versucht here means 'tentative', and verblichen means 'faded, pale'."}],"words":[{"surface":"das","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"subject of ist","gloss":"which"},{"surface":"das","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Letzte","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Letzte","lemma":"Letzte","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"last one"},{"surface":"ist","lemma":"sein","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the relative clause","gloss":"is"},{"surface":"versucht","lemma":"versucht","morphology":"adjective","role":"depends on Kinder-Angesicht","gloss":"tentative"},{"surface":"verblichen","lemma":"verbleichen","morphology":"adjective","role":"depends on Kinder-Angesicht","gloss":"faded"}]},{"number":24,"label":"24","id":"der-balkon-s5-l3","source":"von den Stäben wieder durchgestrichen","translation":"by the railings struck through again,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-balkon-s5-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"durchgestrichen","title":"Struck through, like writing","body":"die Stäbe are the 'bars, rods' of the balcony railing. durchstreichen means 'to strike through, cross out'; durchgestrichen is its past participle. von den Stäben wieder durchgestrichen means 'struck through again by the railings'."}],"words":[{"surface":"von","lemma":"von","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on durchgestrichen","gloss":"by"},{"surface":"den","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Stäben","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Stäben","lemma":"Stab","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on von","gloss":"railings"},{"surface":"wieder","lemma":"wieder","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on durchgestrichen","gloss":"again"},{"surface":"durchgestrichen","lemma":"durchstreichen","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on Kinder-Angesicht","gloss":"struck through"}]},{"number":25,"label":"25","id":"der-balkon-s5-l4","source":"wie noch unbestimmbar, wie noch nicht.","translation":"as still indeterminable, as not yet.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-balkon-s5-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"wie noch nicht","title":"Undefinable and not yet","body":"unbestimmbar means 'undefinable, impossible to determine', built from bestimmen, 'to determine', plus un-...-bar, 'un-...-able'. wie noch nicht means 'as not yet'. Both phrases describe the child's face as still unfixed."}],"words":[{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on unbestimmbar","gloss":"as"},{"surface":"noch","lemma":"noch","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on unbestimmbar","gloss":"still"},{"surface":"unbestimmbar","lemma":"unbestimmbar","morphology":"adjective","role":"depends on Kinder-Angesicht","gloss":"indeterminable"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on nicht","gloss":"as"},{"surface":"noch","lemma":"noch","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on nicht","gloss":"yet"},{"surface":"nicht","lemma":"nicht","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on unbestimmbar","gloss":"not"}]}]}