The tempo of Trout piano music is medium tempo. According to relevant public information inquiries, "Trout" was originally a poem written by the 18th-century German poet Schubart. Schubart was imprisoned for political reasons and wrote the poem Trout because of his desire for freedom in prison life. Schubert composed this poem into the song Trout, and later composed Trout with variations as one of the movements of a quintet, plus other movements, to form the current work. Schubert expressed in his songs that kindness and simplicity are often harmed by hypocrisy and evil.