Krvave Sonety is one of the most important works of the Slovakian poet Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav

Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav

Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav (* February 2, 1849 in Vyšný Kubín (Felsőkubin), Austrian Empire, Kingdom of Hungary, † November 8, 1921 in Dolný Kubín, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), was a Slovak poet, dramatist, translator and for a short time member...

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In this work he expresses his opposition to World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

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For these poems he was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature.

A národ oboril sa na národ

s úmyslom vraždy, s besom skaziteľa.

Kres spráskal pušiek, zahrmeli delá:

zem stone, piští vzduch, rvú vlny vôd,

kde bleskom kmitla hrozná Astarot.

A jak v žne postať zbožia líha zrelá

pod kosou, radom váľajú sa telá;

v cveng šabieľ špľachce čerstvej krvi brod...

Tak vo víchrici totej ukrutenstva,

nímž ani tiger dravšie nezúri,

zapadá nie zvlek: výkvet človečenstva,

života radosť smrtnej do chmúry,

v prach purpur všeľudského dôstojenstva,

v sutiny jasný palác kultúry!...