Ludwig Kosegarten's Luisens Antwort (Louisa's Answer) was conceived as a reply to a poem by Klamer-Schmidt. Schmidt's poem "Trennunglied" described the parting of two lovers from the man's point of view and Kosegarten, a sentimentalist whose sympathies were always with women, described the same scene from the woman's point of view. Interestingly, Mozart set Schmidt's "Trennunglied" in 1787 as Das Lied der Trennung in F minor while Schubert set Kosegarten's Luisens Antwort in B flat minor, D. 319, in 1815.

Schubert seems to have conceived of his song as a response to Mozart's in the same manner that Kosegarten conceived his poem as a response to Schmidt's: both songs share the same melodic shape and the same doleful mood. However, Schubert did not set Luisens Antwort in a Mozartian style as he had in many other songs from 1815, but rather, a full-fledged Schubertian lied of deep pathos and inward beauty. Although, Schubert's complete edition of 19 verses might strain an audience's ability to bear even the most beautiful strophic setting and most performers reduce the number of verses sung.

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