Napis (Dec 2024)
Wedding day and wedding reception evening in the poetry from the Stanisław August Poniatowski period. An initial study
Abstract
The subject of this article is wedding and reception songs from the King Stanisław August Poniatowski period, which the author divides into two groups: the first contains poems written on the occasion of the nuptials of specific, individually named couples, while the second gathers poetic texts of a universal character, referring to ancient models of wedding lyrical poetry. The author identified predominant themes of this type of work: the first – comprises praise of the spouses and their families, while the second – descriptions of wedding ceremonies and ritual elements, advice and wishes addressed to the newlyweds, as well as depictions, some of them humorous, of the wedding night experiences.
