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Beniowski is a poem written and composed by one ofPoland's"Three National Bards",Juliusz Słowacki. The first section was published in 1841, however the remaining parts were written by Antoni Malecki after Słowacki's death in 1849.
The content of the poem summarizes the events that occurred during the infamousBar Confederation; the fight against theRussians and rebelliousRuthenian peasants, which took place in theEastern borderlands (Polish:Kresy) of thePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It tells the story ofMaurycy Beniowski, an impoverishednobleman andaristocrat in the region ofPodolia, and his love to a wealthy lady living in a nearby castle with her intolerant family.[1]
The poem is often described asdigressive. It is a composition that marks a temporary shift of a subject; the digression ends when the plot returns to the main topic. Furthermore, Słowacki has intentionally used digression to create a somewhat rhetorical meaning to the text.[2]
