A response to the article “Olaus Sirman runojen vertailevaa luentaa” [The comparative interpretation of Olaus Sirma’s poems] (SUSA 97, 2019)

Authors

• Michal Kovář Kaarlen yliopisto https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3459-2441

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33340/susa.123039

Keywords:

Olaus Sirma, runo Morse faurog, anagoginen tulkinta, kaiku-riimi, barokin kirjallisuus

Abstract

The article communicates a possible interpretation of Olaus Sirma's pastoral poem / love song Morse faurog as a part of the European baroque literature. The folklore features of the poem--the so called rhyme anticipation and the irregularity of the metre and the rhythm--may be attributed to the literature of the baroque period as well, and the poem doesn't diverge from the baroque literary conventions. The generic inconsistency, expressed by a hesitation of the lyrical subject, was perhaps intended as a signal for the reader to understand the pastoral as an anagoge.

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