Nedeľa

by Laco Novomeský

Genres: School, Poetry

Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 1927

Reviews

[Diana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dat do basne o chlapcovi s tuberkulozou verse
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Je alfa male behavior

[Jana · Rating 5 out of 5]

pripíšte k jeho chvále,
že miloval tak strašne, neskonale
veci i vecičky sveta.

[Matus Miksik · Rating 3 out of 5]

the debut collection of poems of one of the most important Slovak poets of the 1st half of 20th century

melancholically joyful and joyfully melancholic in tone, with the focus not being on the lyrical subject, but the world he sees - and it is an ordinary world, ordinary, yet still somehow poetic (we can see the affinity with poetism here). this sight reveals a world full of social injustice and people deprived of sometimes even basic human dignity (Novomeský has a couple of poems here about prostitutes, which is a completely new topic in Slovak poetry). this world manifests itself as a series of images that can be visualized very easily, with a range of exotic elements included (again, very symptomatic for poetism)

apart from this social aspect, the majority of the poems are still about love and about a relationship between two lovers, some other tell us the story of a young poet - the lyrical subject and, presumably, the author too - who is "poetrying" his way through life. this lightens up the gravity of the situation (hence the playfulness), but on the other hand swings back to a couple of poems being just words nicely put together (which can be enough, but somehow feels inappropriate here)

all in all, this is still a pretty solid entry, though sometimes too ornamental, sentimental and pathetic

[Citatelkatami · Rating 2 out of 5]

bro velmi rad pise o lampach