Images of Love, Womanhood and Childhood in the Poems by Anna Swir and Wislawa Szymborska

Abstract

The article reveals the similarities and differences in the English translations of the poems by two Polish women-writers on the same topic – A. Swir and W. Szymborska. The analysis rests on comparison and contrast. Both writers present the post-war reality in Poland using different methods of description, different poetic images which help demonstrate the authors’ individual attitude to female issues.