Send Me A Leaf

Read 'Send Me A Leaf' by 'Bertolt Brecht' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Send Me A Leaf by Bertolt Brecht

 Send me a leaf, but from a bush
That grows at least one half hour
Away from your house, then
You must go and will be strong, and I
Thank you for the pretty leaf.

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