Monday, January 13, 2003

Ich Habe Dich Nie Je So Geliebt Comments

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I never loved you more, ma soeur
Than as I walked away from you that evening.
The forest swallowed me, the blue forest, ma soeur
The blue forest and above it pale stars in the west.
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Bertolt Brecht
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Andrew Hoellering 02 December 2009

The poem makes most sense as an autobiographical statement.'Ma soeur' stands for Germany, which Brecht left because of the Nazis whom he failed to take seriously until it was too late.The romantic eve of departure was followed by the hungry cries of the vultures of war.

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