Bertolt Brecht was a remarkable 20th century poet known for political and satirical poetry. His poem "General, Your Tank is a Powerful Vehicle" uses irony to undermine the strength of despotic power. Each line in the poem is an ironic statement about the indomitable might of the general's tank. As a socialist, Brecht believed that human thinking has the power to change history, and that people are more powerful than any machine. However, paradoxically the thinking person is under the control of those in power. While power can control the world temporarily, critical thinkers will eventually break free and shape the course of history through human thought.

2. Dhanya Kumar miss
(Lecturer in English)

3. NAME:PUTHANPURAKAL JOSEPH FLORENCE
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5. Bertolt Brecht is perhaps one among the most remarkable poets in the
last century. His poetry is noted for its political content and pungent
satire and the poem, ‘General, Your Tank is a Powerful Vehicle’ is no
exception. It is a poem which is fuelled by nothing other than the power
of irony. Irony is the poetic device which says something and means the
opposite of what is being said. Each and every line in Brecht’s poem is
such an ironic statement by which he undermines the indomitable
strength and might of despotic power. Being a staunch socialist he has
firm faith in man’s potentiality to change the course of history by being
able to think. Man, the thinking being, is much more powerful than any
machine or tool which is designed by the very same thinking human
being. But, quite paradoxically enough, the thinking man is under the
disposal of the powerful. Power can control and dominate the world for
a brief period but the thinking makers of history will, sooner or later,
break the chains and will emerge as the supreme force that decides the
course of history. The general

8. No machine, however powerful it
is, can substitute human power of
thinking. We think; therefore we
are....