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The poem appears to be a tribute to the memory of a young man killed, apparently in war, in another time and place than the one inhabited by the poem's speaker. In one stanza, a eucalyptus stands among pine trees in the 'okres kambryjski pamięci' ('the Cambrian period of memory'). This image seems to blend elements of Australian and European, as well as prehistoric, landscapes.
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English translation of the title: Unheroic Elegy
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English translation of first line: imprint in granite:
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