Questions tagged [francisak-bahusevic]
Questions about the works of the Belarusian poet Francišak Bahuševič (1840–1900) or his life as a writer. Use with the tag [belarusian-literature].
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What was the original rhyming scheme of "Do not shun me..."?
The poem Do Not Shun Me... starts as follows:
Do not shun me, my lord, nor recoil
Because callouses all my hands cover;
For such sis the badget of a hard toil,
And will not defile you, no never.
'Tis ...
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What is the significance of the 40-year period referred to in this Francisak Bahusevic poem?
The poem My Pipe by Francisak Bahusevic contains the following lines:
Like fish from the river,
On the ice a-flapping,
Just so I, it happened,
Forty years flapped, yearning,
Yet knew no returning,
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