„Christ is the Aqua” – The Figure of Christ in the Metaphorical World of the Poetry of Symeon of Polotsk
Barbara Kozak
Instytut Słowiańszczyzny Wschodniej Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w OlsztynieAbstract
Metaphor is universally manifest in every language past and present and conspicuously
embedded in the system of human cognition. We can assert that it plays the central role in the
process of exploration and familiarization of the world. As such, metaphor is also one of the
most interesting and complex means of poetic expression.
Metaphor confronts concepts and objects belonging to different orders to bring a complex
reality to the human dimensions, filtering and conditioning the world to his or her mindset
and mental capacities. As a tool of exploration and habituation of the world metaphor is
deeply rooted in human imagination and reflects the values of a community. It transforms
incomprehensible ideas – including scientific or metaphysical abstracts but also such concepts
as time or love – into familiar shapes and formulas.
This paper presents and reviews the process of metaphorization of Christ in the poetry of
Symeon of Polotsk. That Polish-Russian poet took profusely from the riches of the Baroque
to create such masterpieces as poems Chrystus Aqua, Kamień, Chleb, Kwiat, Dweri, Król,
Żywot, Męka, Śmierć – to name only those discussed in this paper. The poems selected by the
author form a particularly interesting continuum of visions entirely built around metaphors
which constitute and organize poetic expressions.
Keywords:
Symeon of Polotsk, baroque, metaphysical poetry, metaphor, metaphorizationReferences
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