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Das aufgeklärte Mondschaf

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First published January 1, 1953

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Christian Morgenstern

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Christian Morgenstern (May 6, 1871–March 31, 1914) was a German author and poet.

Morgenstern's poetry, much of which was inspired by English literary nonsense, is immensely popular, even though he enjoyed very little success during his lifetime. He made fun of scholasticism, e.g. literary criticism in "Drei Hasen", grammar in "Der Werwolf", narrow-mindedness in "Der Gaul", and symbolism in "Der Wasseresel". In "Scholastikerprobleme" he discussed how many angels could sit on a needle. Still many Germans know some of his poems and quotations by heart, e.g. the following line from "The Impossible Fact" ("Die unmögliche Tatsache", 1910):

For, he reasons pointedly / That which must not, can not be. (German: "Weil, so schließt er messerscharf / Nicht sein kann, was nicht sein darf.")

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March 29, 2019
28 Galgenlieder nebst einer gemeinverständlichen Deutung durch einen deutschen Privatgelehrten. Was will man mehr?
Tatsächlich sind die Deutungen nicht immer gemeinverständlich. Sehr gut die Erklärung zu Lalula. Aber was soll ich mit dem Kommentar zu dem Rabe Ralf anfangen: "In diesem Gedicht wird die Szialdemokratie charakterisiert bzw. ihr ÜBergang von Lassalleschen zu Marxistischen Ideen." Das hätte detailierter sein sollen.
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June 30, 2020
Molekuly v rozběsnění
nechť ať v cokoliv se spojí
hnidopišství neobstojí
svaté je jen vytržení
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