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Flight Through the Storm — Mykola Bazhan

This is one of the most powerful works from Mykola Bazhan’s later period (1964). The poem is structured as a reflection during a flight from Europe to America. The plane flies into a thunderstorm, and this real-life storm becomes a metaphor for the turbulent 20th century, with its wars, revolutions, and technological progress.

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Man and the Universe: The author reflects on the fragility of human life inside an airplane cabin and, at the same time, on the greatness of the human mind, which has conquered the skies.

Historical Memory: The flight “through the storm” is also a journey through the memory of World War II, fascism, and the struggle for humanism.

Philosophical Tension: The work conveys a conflict between the cold calculation of technology and the living human soul, which yearns for peace and harmony.

Bazhan’s Style: The poem is distinguished by its intellectual depth, complex imagery, and “engraved” language. It is high-brow intellectual poetry, where every line is filled with meaning.

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AuthorMykola Bazhan

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