Czeslaw Milosz is a poet and has been awarded many prizes for literature. Milosz is looked up to by other poets. He has also written nonfiction books. These nonfiction books reflect his experiences during the Holocaust. The Holocaust plays a part in why he views man as destructive. He is very respected when it comes to Polish literature. His poems have been translated into English by other poets who respect his work. Czeslaw Milosz’s poem “Unde Malum” is a deep poem reflecting his views on how destructive man is and how innocent nature is.
Milosz was a Polish poet, prose write, translator, and diplomat. He was born in Lithuania and lived there from 1960 until his death in 2004 in the United States. From 1961 to 1998, he was a professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1970 he became a United States citizen. Milosz wrote about the past in a tragic, ironic style, that explained the value of all human life. He was presented with an award for poetry translations from the Polish P.E.N. Club in Warsaw in 1974 and a Guggenheim Fellow for poetry in 1976. Milosz also received an honorary degree Doctor of Letters from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1977 and won the …show more content…
In lines 1-5 of his poem, “Unde Malum,” it shows that, “Where does evil come from? It comes from man, always from man, only from man” will be repeated throughout the poem to exaggerate his main point that man is destructing the earth. He also uses an allusion in lines 6 and 7 stating, “-Tadeusz Różewicz, Alas, dear Tadeusz” because Tadeusz is another Polish poet who looked up to Milosz’s work. Personification is used in line 14 stating, “the innocent sunrise will illuminate” and this is personification because a sunrise cannot be innocent. This also shows that the earth is not destructing itself by calling the sunrise innocent which further rests his case that man are destructive to the
Milosz was a Polish poet, prose write, translator, and diplomat. He was born in Lithuania and lived there from 1960 until his death in 2004 in the United States. From 1961 to 1998, he was a professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1970 he became a United States citizen. Milosz wrote about the past in a tragic, ironic style, that explained the value of all human life. He was presented with an award for poetry translations from the Polish P.E.N. Club in Warsaw in 1974 and a Guggenheim Fellow for poetry in 1976. Milosz also received an honorary degree Doctor of Letters from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1977 and won the …show more content…
In lines 1-5 of his poem, “Unde Malum,” it shows that, “Where does evil come from? It comes from man, always from man, only from man” will be repeated throughout the poem to exaggerate his main point that man is destructing the earth. He also uses an allusion in lines 6 and 7 stating, “-Tadeusz Różewicz, Alas, dear Tadeusz” because Tadeusz is another Polish poet who looked up to Milosz’s work. Personification is used in line 14 stating, “the innocent sunrise will illuminate” and this is personification because a sunrise cannot be innocent. This also shows that the earth is not destructing itself by calling the sunrise innocent which further rests his case that man are destructive to the