1. 1. Indeed I live in the dark ages! A guileless word is an absurdity. A smooth forehead betokens A hard heart. He who laughs Has not yet heard The terrible tidings.
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    Compared to Brecht's other works, "To Posterity" shares his characteristic critique of society and exploration of human suffering. However, it differs in its more personal and introspective tone, reflecting the author's own experiences during a particularly tumultuous period in history. ... Bertolt Brecht Werke: Gedichte 2. Vol. 12. Berlin ...
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    TO POSTERITY Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) 1. Indeed I live in the dark ages! A guileless word is an absurdity. A smooth forehead betokens A hard heart. He who laughs Has not yet heard The terrible tidings. Ah, what an age it is When to speak of trees is almost a crime For it is a kind of silence about injustice!
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    To Posterity. by Bertolt Brecht. Indeed I live in the dark ages! A guileless word is an absurdity. A smooth forehead betokens A hard heart. He who laughs Has not yet heard The terrible tidings. Ah, what an age it is When to speak of trees is almost a crime For it is a kind of silence about injustice!
  6. Jan 29, 2025An analysis of the To Posterity poem by Bertolt Brecht including schema, poetic form, metre, stanzas and plenty more comprehensive statistics. Login . The STANDS4 Network. Abbreviations.com; Anagrams.net; ... Bertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, theatre director, and Marxist.
  7. Bertolt Brecht, 'To Posterity' - Free download as Word Doc (.doc), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. 1. The speaker lives in dark times where speaking truth or showing compassion is dangerous and can be seen as criminal. 2. The speaker eats and drinks out of necessity but feels guilt because their sustenance is taken from the hungry and thirsty.
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  9. 1 Bertolt Brecht, Gesammelte Gedichte, 4 vols (Frankfurt, 1976), II, 723 and Von den Nachgeborenen. ... 98 Brecht and Posterity Thus Brecht's constant doubts concerning the social role of his art, his feeling that the celebration of traditional lyrical themes can become a temptation and an indulgence, are transformed into doubts concerning ...
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