In the Lovely Month of May is a German song (or Lied) from a song cycle, a group of individual songs that are published together and are unified musically or through the subject matter of their texts. When learning about vocal music, it's important to look at the lyrics first to understand why the composer made certain musical choices.

In this poem, how many stanzas (paragraphs) of text are there?

Two.

Explanation:

The song "Lovely Month of May" is written in two stanzas. The song in the English translated version is mentioned below. This song is performed accompanied by a piano played in a slow pace, then followed by a vocalist singing about his love.

In the lovely month of May,

as all the buds were blossoming,

then in my heart

did love rise up.

In the lovely month of May,

as all the birds were singing,

then did I confess to her

my longing and desire.