The article is an interpretation of the poem “Płakała w nocy, ale nie jej płacz go zbudził” (“She cried at night, but not her cries woke him”) written by Stanisław Barańczak. The author focuses on description in this poem – dramatic in shape, philosophical, and according to the narrative of the anthropocentrism crisis. The author considers this poem to be a metaphysical text defining the relationship between the world of human and non-human reality. She compares the poem with those written by Jan Kochanowski (Laments), Cyprian Kamil Norwid (In Verona), Andrew Marvell (Eyes and tears), Szymborska (Apple tree).
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