Późny Gałczyński i Iwaszkiewicz – podobieństwa i różnice

Abstract

This article shows the late Gałczyński and Iwaszkiewicz as poets in the last years of life. Gałczyński is represented by two poetic volumes: Kronika olsztyńska (1950) and Pieśni (1953), while Iwaszkiewicz – Mapa pogody (1977) and Muzyka wieczorem(1980). Both creators seek order and peace, and even some form of salvation, through references to the world of nature, to neoclassicism as a worldview and a way of artistic expression. They believe in the sense and power of poetry and art in general. They are connected by music, as well as the sacralization of everyday life. In Gałczyński, aesthetic expression is strongly exposed, and Iwaszkiewicz is also, but more clearly metaphysical in nature. The late poetic collections of both analyzed poets are thematically and formally coherent, at a high artistic level, although we find traces of socialist realism in Gałczyński.