Compare W.H. Auden’s “Epitaph on a Tyrant” with Joseph Brodsky’s “To One Tyrant”.
Brodsky has always been stressing that Auden was his teacher.
Original titles (Russian and English): W.H. Auden “Epitaph on a Tyrant”; И. Бродский “Одному тирану”
First published in the Levinarium Telegram Channel (now closed and deleted)