Analysis of United Front Song

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



And because a man is human
He'll want to eat, and thanks a lot
But talk can't take the place of meat
or fill an empty pot.

So left, two, three!
So left, two, three!
Comrade, there's a place for you.
Take your stand in the workers united front
For you are a worker too.

And because a man is human
he won't care for a kick in the face.
He doesn't want slaves under him
Or above him a ruling class.

So left, two, three!
So left, two, three!
Comrade, there's a place for you.
Take your stand in the workers united front
For you are a worker too.

And because a worker's a worker
No one else will bring him liberty.
It's nobody's work but the worker' own
To set the worker free.

So left, two, three!
So left, two, three!
Comrade, there's a place for you.
Take your stand in the workers united front
For you are a worker too.


Scheme Abxb CCDED Axxx CCDED xcxc CCDED
Poetic Form
Metre 00101110 11110101 11110111 111101 1111 1111 110111 11100100101 1110101 00101110 111101001 11011101 10110101 1111 1111 110111 11100100101 1110101 001010010 111111100 11110101 110101 1111 1111 110111 11100100101 1110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 800
Words 165
Sentences 18
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 102
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Bertolt Brecht

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