Matoš and Whitman: a Comparison of Two Poems
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2014
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Wydawnictwo Nauka i Innowacje
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This essay compares Utjeha kose, translated as The Solace of Hair, by Antun Gustav Matoš
and Death’s Valleyby Walt Whitman. We analyze similarities in theme, metaphor and poetic
style. We also offer a close analysis of verse, together with meter, together with syntax and
phonology of the two poems. Matoš and Whitman approach similar themes from different
perspectives. However, we find coincidental similarities in both techniques and stylistic devices and the underlying messages of the pieces. We also draw upon our personal vision of
the pieces as well as, in the case of Death’s Valleyin particular, outside sources, to form our
opinions. It is necessary to say that we had no access to any materials on Matoš, and, therefore, all our statements on The Solace of Hairare our personal conclusions and have no intext or works cited documentation.
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Antun Gustav Matoš, Whitman, death in poetry, iambic hexameter, alexandrine, Italian sonnets, free verse, phonetic properties, inversion
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Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, 2014, nr 7, s.285–295
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978-83-63795-79-5