Project Gutenberg 2008-11-09 Public domain in the USA. 222 Kochanowski, Jan 1530 1584 Threny Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laments_(Kochanowski) Wikipedia page about this book: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treny Produced by Jimmy O'Regan (Produced from images generously made available by Malopolska Biblioteka Cyfrowa http://mbc.malopolska.pl/) "Threny" by Jan Kochanowski is a lamentation poetry collection written in the late 16th century. The book deals with themes of grief and loss, reflecting on the profound sorrow experienced by the poet after the untimely death of his beloved daughter, Orszula. Kochanowski, one of Poland's most celebrated poets of the Renaissance, uses this work to explore personal and universal themes of mortality, love, and lamentation. In "Threny," Kochanowski expresses his deep anguish through a series of poignant elegies that convey his sorrow and yearning for his deceased daughter. Each poem unfurls layers of grief, vividly showcasing the raw emotional pain of a father coming to terms with his loss. The poet interweaves personal reflections with meditations on the nature of life and death, questioning fate and the inevitable reality of mortality. As he navigates through his sorrow, Kochanowski’s work resonates with both intimate grief and broader existential concerns, making it a timeless exploration of parental love and bereavement. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. pl Bereavement -- Poetry PG Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry Category: Poetry 74596 2025-06-11T08:43:27.981849 text/html 72535 2021-01-04T09:40:29 text/html; charset=utf-8 23795 2021-01-04T09:40:29 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 82188 2025-06-11T08:43:33.182819 application/epub+zip 80218 2025-06-11T08:43:30.023814 application/epub+zip 80218 2025-06-11T08:43:28.748799 application/epub+zip 151537 2025-06-11T08:43:35.492773 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 127288 2025-06-11T08:43:32.334809 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 105518 2022-09-12T13:19:32.750199 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 50456 2025-06-11T08:43:27.492792 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 50322 2021-01-04T09:40:29 text/plain; charset=utf-8 20594 2021-01-04T09:40:29 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18264 2025-06-11T08:43:35.636773 application/rdf+xml 8124 2025-06-11T08:43:29.303792 image/jpeg 2260 2025-06-11T08:43:29.022772 image/jpeg 77123 2025-06-11T08:43:27.991775 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia