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Wisława Szymborska nasce il 2 luglio 1923. "Lo chiamano un granello di sabbia” è una sua poesia che affronta il tema della condizione umana e della nostra posizione nell’universo. La poesia utilizza l’immagine del granello di sabbia per rappresentare la piccolezza e l’insignificanza dell’essere umano rispetto alla vastità dell’universo. Vi propongo la poesia in versione bilingue, liberamente tradotta dall’inglese.
We call it a grain of sand,
but it calls itself neither grain nor sand.
It does just ...more
We call it a grain of sand,
but it calls itself neither grain nor sand.
It does just ...more
I've been reading this one on and off for years. So much to contemplate. Many of the poems I've had to read two or three times over to absorb. I will be rereading them again.
None of her vocabulary is particularly challenging, but her ideas are dense, eghel'sher use of irony is run through all.
My favorite is "Brueghel's Two Monkeys"."This is what I see in my dreams about final exams: two monkeys, chained to the floor, sit on the windowsill",,,
I won't spoil it. She has the imagination to see a wor ...more
None of her vocabulary is particularly challenging, but her ideas are dense, eghel'sher use of irony is run through all.
My favorite is "Brueghel's Two Monkeys"."This is what I see in my dreams about final exams: two monkeys, chained to the floor, sit on the windowsill",,,
I won't spoil it. She has the imagination to see a wor ...more
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