The author might compare "the awkward waddling walk of a swam to the torture of life that humans life on this planet". This might be considered a metaphor for the "release of death and the grace" in comparison to life itself. The reader might perceive that life is awkward and death is sweet. So it could be said that the theme of the poem might be "the release of the burden of life in death".
I think the narrator grew to love the French culture than of
his original roots. In the poem “Book of Songs”, Heine had stated that he did
not like the French culture at all. He was torn between loving his German roots
or follows the French culture that he was accustomed to. It was only when he
was older that he was able to appreciate the French culture during the Prussian
Regime.
