People on a Bridge
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"People on a Bridge" is a reflective poem by Nobel Prize–winning Polish poet Wisława Szymborska that meditates on time, transience, and the fleeting nature of human existence.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Wisława Szymborska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorBirthYear | 1923 ⓘ |
| authorDeathYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| authorGender | female ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Polish ⓘ |
| authorNobelPrizeInLiteratureYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Poland ⓘ |
| creatorNobelPrizeStatus | author is Nobel Prize in Literature laureate ⓘ |
| form | free verse ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poetry
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philosophical poetry ⓘ |
| includedIn | English-language selections of Wisława Szymborska’s poetry ⓘ |
| language | Polish ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
contrast
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imagery ⓘ metaphor ⓘ temporal shifts ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century Polish poetry ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
fleeting nature of human existence
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impermanence ⓘ memory ⓘ mortality ⓘ time ⓘ transience ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | observational ⓘ |
| philosophicalConcern |
ephemerality of everyday life
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human finitude ⓘ nature of time ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
people observed on a bridge
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relationship between present moment and eternity ⓘ |
| tone |
meditative
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reflective ⓘ |
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