On Thinking About Hell (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Bertolt Brecht
- First Published: 1964
- Type of Work: Meditation
- Genres: Poetry, Meditation
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Homelessness or homeless people, Europe or Europeans, Poetry or poets, California, West, U.S., City life, London, Hell, Cities or towns
The Poem
“On Thinking About Hell” is a relatively short poem written in free verse without rhymes. It consists of twenty-one lines divided into three stanzas, each of which is a different length. The words of the title also form the beginning of the first stanza and are repeated in its fifth line. They set the tone of the poem, which is a reflection, a meditation on the earthly representation of hell. The work “Hell,” capitalized in the English translation of the poem, thus emphasizing the biblical allusion, is repeated in the first line of each stanza; each repetition,...
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