Collection of poetry «Taking Interest? Read!»

Annotation

Dunin-Martsinkevich’s third book of poetry, which includes a popular novella "Kupala" in Belarusian (1855), a versed story in three scenes "The Blessed Family" (1856), a versed historical narration in two songs "The Slavs in the 19th Century" (1856), and a Polish poem "Am I Really Old" (1856).

The Belarusian State Archives-Museum of Literature and Art has the second edition of "Kupala" set in Latin script at the St. Petersburg publishing house "Zagliane sontsa i u nasha akontsa" in 1910. 

The main idea of the versed novella "Kupala" is the moral purity of the people. The story tells how a village girl, Agatka, fell in love with a young landlord who did not dare to marry her, and Agatka came back to her former lover, a village boy Sauka. The events develop on the folk feast of Kupalle, which is here in detail described.

The story in verse "The Blessed Family" deals with the problem of moral ideals, family values, poetizes the love for native land. Alice, the granddaughter of an old nobleman Martsin, who grows his children in respect for parents, marries a family tutor, Uladzislau, who by his behaviour has deserved a good attitude from the noble family.

The historical narration "The Slavs in the 19th Century" is dedicated to the national liberation struggle of the southern Slavs against the Turkish oppression.

The poem "Am I Really Old" focuses on the relationship between the creator and the people. The author in it gives an insight into his conception of the individual creativity.