Published: 2018-08-161

The Zoo of Confessions – Animal motifs in the Poetry of Agnieszka Osiecka

Klaudia Łachacz

Abstract

This article attempts at describing the representations of various animals in Agnieszka Osiecka’s poetry: their function and the form of artistic influence. The poet is a clever observer of animals in which humans can perceive themselves. Sometimes the animals in their beauty and deftness testify to the perfection of the divine work; at other times – portrayed in deterministic terms - naked and defenseless in the face of death, they bring to mind the irrevocable destiny of man. Sometimes these animals witness human characters making their choices – more or less counsels. Thanks to the animals’ presence this poetry bustles with life, even though it reminds the reader of his own finiteness.

Keywords:

Agnieszka Osiecka, animal symbolism, anthropomorphisation of animals in the poetry

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Łachacz, K. (2018). The Zoo of Confessions – Animal motifs in the Poetry of Agnieszka Osiecka. Prace Literaturoznawcze, (5). Retrieved from https://czasopisma.uwm.edu.pl/index.php/pl/article/view/376

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