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Mariusz Olbromski’s Poems About the Struggle of Ukraine
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The article is devoted to the contexts and messages of Mariusz Olbromski’s collection, Smell Will Waft, Roses Will Bloom. Poems about the Struggle of Ukraine, which is the author’s reaction to the war in Ukraine and inspired by the spirit of Słowacki and Polish martyrology. The message of the poems is read through the contexts of experiences of anxiety and salvation that dominate the poetry of Różewicz and Miłosz during World War II, as well as through the “Kharkov spelling” of contemporary poetry by Serhiy Zhadan. Olbromski’s collection is a story in verse about terror and salvation and a specific type of occasional poetry, referring to a forgotten phenomenon: Polish Songs (Polenlieder) – poems by German poets written after the defeat of the November Uprising, expressing support for the insurgents and German enthusiasm for Poland (Polenbegeisterung). Visions, reflections and experiences are intertwined in the collection in several scenes and constantly return to key toposes, figures, voices, among which are: home, road, rivers, cities, temples, priests, Angels, Anhelli, Słowacki, Chopin, Skovoroda, Schulz, Zhadan. The story in verse takes place before and during the catastrophe, which constitutes the climax of the collection.
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Mariusz Olbromski, Serhiy Zhadan, Russian aggression, Polish martyrology, poetry of terror and salvation, story in verse, occasional poetryDetails
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