This study concentrates on different manifestations of patriotism in the life and works of AgnieszkaOsiecka. The concept of „everyday patriotism” relates to Osiecka’s contribution, as a poetand a writer, to Polish culture. Further, this article discusses Osiecka’s local patriotism expressedthrough her affection for Polish landscapes. It also presents Osiecka as a satirist, an author of manyworks performed by well-known cabaret artists.
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.
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