Nurzyńska-Kozak Agnieszka2022-12-292022-12-292022-12Tematy i Konteksty 12(17) 2022, s. 122–1332299-8365https://repozytorium.ur.edu.pl/handle/item/8406The aim of this article was the analysis of the meanings of song and their transformations in the poem by Cyprian Norwid “Do obywatela Johna Brown”. As a result of interpretational close-ups (especially to the initial phrase and the climax of this poem) the polysemic song by Norwid appears not only as a lyrical genre, a term synonymous to poetry in general but also as an act with performative and transgressive features leading the lyrical subject – also through a specifically ‘musical’ shaping of this poem – towards the experience of epiphany of sacrum (Marian and Christological motives).polAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Polandhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/Cyprian Norwidsongsacralisationtransgressionperformative actcompassionStabat Materpieśńsakralizacjatransgresjaakt performatywnycompassioZnaczenia pieśni w wierszu „Do obywatela Johna Brown”Significance of ‘Song’ in the Poem „Do obywatela Johna Brown” (“To the Citizen John Brown”)article10.15584/tik.2022.82719-8561