Analysis of To the Students of the Workers' and Peasants' Faculty

Bertolt Brecht 1898 (Augsburg) – 1956 (East Berlin)



So there you sit. And how much blood was shed
That you might sit there. Do such stories bore you?
Well, don't forget that others sat before you
who later sat on people. Keep your head!
Your science will be valueless, you'll find
And learning will be sterile, if inviting
Unless you pledge your intellect to fighting
Against all enemies of all mankind.
Never forget that men like you got hurt
That you might sit here, not the other lot.
And now don't shut your eyes, and don't desert
But learn to learn, and try to learn for what.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1111011111 11111111011 11011101011 1101110111 1101110011 01011101010 0111110110 0111001111 1001111111 1111110101 0111110110 1111011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 526
Words 101
Sentences 9
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 413
Words per stanza (avg) 99
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 31, 2023

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Bertolt Brecht

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