Pielęgnowanie intymności – użycie drugiej osoby gramatycznej w poezji lirycznej
Cultivating Intimacy: The Use of the Second Person in Lyric Poetry

Summary/Abstract: Philosophers discussing lyric poetry often focus on first personal expression as a mark of the “lyric” which has resulted in a narrow characterisation of the nature of intimacy in lyric poetry that focuses on the individual poet, poetic voice, or reader. In this article, Simecek highlights a valuable way in which some works of lyric poetry can engage us in a kind of intimate relationship that connects the reader with the voice of the poem through the use of the second person. In illustrating her claims, Simecek focuses on collection of poems Citizen.

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