Pigtail

Pigtail

Visiting the museum in Oświęcim became a direct impulse to write this song. Place, where everyone can find out with their own eyes, what a man is able to do to another man, how low may fall, even deprive yourself of the elementary attributes of humanity, exceed the unimaginable limits of evil, … read on

Letter to the people

Letter to the people

In Polish literature we will find a lot of examples of the loss of human features by the heroes of prose to life, poetry. As a rule, this happened in the most difficult situations: during the war, hunger, direct threat to life. Różewicz's poem concerns a completely different situation – normal, codziennego życia bez żadnych … read on

Rights and obligations

Rights and obligations

In one of his most famous poems, Różewicz raised the question: Who is a poet? Nowadays, the question posed in the title of the poem cannot be clearly answered, The condition for being a poet is not even writing poems, which are not always poetry anyway. Autor … read on

How good

How good

The war was for the generation of peers of Tadeusz Różewicz such a great and tragic experience, that she forced them to verify all previous ideas about the world. Różewicz debuted immediately after the war, He is a representative of the so -called. Columbus generations, He was a soldier of the Home Army. And maybe in his case, postrzeganym … read on

* * * (the face of the homeland)

* * * (the face of the homeland)

The poem is an attempt to define the concept of homeland, indications of the variability of its meanings. Initially, homeland is primarily a place of birth – she is small, limited to the immediate surroundings: yard, on which we play, a few streets, which we walk on during the first dates. Wszystko jest tu … read on

Which you hurt

Which you hurt

This is probably the most popular, Czesław Miłosz's poem quoted and used for numerous purposes (It was created in 1950 year). He has not lost its relevance for years, is timeless, universal. It speaks primarily about power, its perversions, bad use, abuse. Zwraca uwagę na nieproste relacje … read on

A song about the end of the world

A song about the end of the world

The poem comes from the volume of Salvation published in 1945 year. The vast majority of works included in this collection were written in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation, Some texts were published during the war in underground publications. The whole book is groundbreaking in Miłosz's work, is … read on

Trip to the forest

Trip to the forest

The day ends, the sun is setting. At this time, in the last rays of the sun, The forest is quite beautiful, has a unique mood:

And there is a feast over us. Gold jug,
Red wines in Osinowa Copper.
And carries air gifts
For invisible kings or bears.read on