Metaforyczne konceptualizacje Litwy w poemacie Margier Władysława Syrokomli

Abstract

The article discusses the metaphoric conceptualizations of Lithuania show up in Władysław Syrokomla’s poem titled Margier. The work has been analysed to demonstrate and characterize the metaphors co-creating the poetic, personal vision of the artist’s homeland that oscillates between a source message and the poet’s imagination. The findings prove that the vision of Lithuania underlying the metaphoric uses of language is not so much original as it is vivid, picturesque and sublime. Syrokomla portrays Lithuania in a very emotional manner, using conventional metaphors, reifications, and personifications to highlight such features of his mother country as heroism, bravery, openness and loyalty.