Brot und Wein

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Brot und Wein is a renowned philosophical-lyrical poem by Friedrich Hölderlin that meditates on divinity, absence, and the role of the poet in a secularizing world.

All labels observed (3)

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Brot und Wein canonical 2
Bread and Wine 1
Brød og vin 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lyrical poem
philosophical poem
poem
author Friedrich Hölderlin
centralQuestion How can the divine be present in a secular age?
What is the vocation of the poet?
containsAllusionTo Christian sacrament
Eucharist
linked to: Holy Eucharist

Greek gods
countryOfOrigin Germany
form ode
stanzaic poem
genre lyric poetry
philosophical poetry
hasEnglishTitle Bread and Wine
linked to: Brot und Wein
hasSetting Rhineland landscape
evening and night
influencedBy Christian theology
ancient Greek poetry
biblical imagery
classical antiquity
interpretedAs meditation on the absence of the gods
reflection on poetic vocation
language German
literaryMovement German Romanticism
literaryStatus canonical work of German literature
major poem by Hölderlin
meter free adaptation of classical meters
motif Christ
Rhein
linked to: Rhine

bread
gods
night
wine
originalTitle Brot und Wein
periodOfComposition around 1800
late 18th century
philosophicalContext German Idealism
linked to: German idealism

post-Kantian philosophy
theme absence of the gods
divinity
hope
memory
modernity
religious experience
role of the poet
secularization
titleLanguage German

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Friedrich Hölderlin notableWork Brot und Wein
Arnulf Øverland notableWork Brød og vin
linked to: Brot und Wein
Brot und Wein originalTitle Brot und Wein
Brot und Wein hasEnglishTitle Bread and Wine
linked to: Brot und Wein