“A June Dream about Snow, a Trace, a Face”. A Poem by Czesław Miłosz – an Attempt to Read It Cover Image

„Czerwcowy sen o śniegu, śladzie, twarzy”. Wiersz Czesława Miłosza – próba czytania
“A June Dream about Snow, a Trace, a Face”. A Poem by Czesław Miłosz – an Attempt to Read It

Author(s): Mateusz Antoniuk
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne
Keywords: poetry by Czesław Miłosz; representation; versology

Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt at a close reading of the poem 17 czerwca (“17 June”) by Czesław Miłosz. The author starts with a versological analysis, supposed to indicate in what way the poet achieved the tonal effects in the text. The interpretation that has been conducted makes visible a semantic unsolvability, which—according to the author—is born in the poem and, once discerned, cannot be easily neutralized.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 229-242
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish