Slawek Lobodycz: An Analysis Of The Life Of Drohobycz

In English, it is translated this way.
The same earth bore us me, and Slawek Lobodycz equally singular, our own, dear, the only Drohobycz in the world (Besemeres 9).
“. . . this one reflects on how 1920s and 30s Drohobycz was a place where people of Jewish, Polish and Ukrainian descent coexisted, and how this multi-ethnic society with all its . . . interconnections was destroyed by the Nazi and Soviet occupations” (Besmeres 9). Here too it can be seen how Chciuk is talking about his land, the place where Polish Jews stayed along with Ukrainians and the Nazi and Soviet occupants destroyed their place and made them homeless. The poet remembers his Ukrainian friends with whom he shared his identity. They were all one in Dohobycz. Dohobycz which
He even appreciates the industrial areas of his country Poland which does not seem normal. Since he loves his country he thinks of the industrial areas also as beautiful. Everything that is of his land is fascinating for him and fresh in his memories. It is like Wordsworth saying in his poem I TRAVELLED FAR AMONG UNKNOWN MEN
“‘T is past, that melancholy dream!”(Wordsworth).
Having left England Wordsworth discovers his love for England and came back to the point of origin going through tragedy. East Poland is not Poland anymore and so dead but it continues to live in the memory of Chciuk as a melancholic dream. It stays with it and is so alive. Apparently Chciuk’s poem seems like a patriotic poem but actually, it is concerned with identity connected with a land that is Poland.
In another poem titled O WLASNYM POEMACIE meaning ABOUT MY POEM CYCLE, Chciuk remembers the smells of his hometown and compares it with the interests of his wife. . . . referring to ‘Poland’ in a wider geographical sense is in the poem ‘O własnym poemacie’ (About My Poem Cycle), where Chciuk ironically contrasts his frenzied longing for Drohobycz with his wife’s yearning for the elegant baroque palaces of her home city Warsaw, the ‘Belvedere’ and ‘Łazienki’( Besmeres
Through different poems that he wrote he manifests his love and longing for his homeland Poland. He is nostalgic about the places where he grew up. He remembers the Jewish places that were destroyed in World War Two and talks about places where he and his companions stayed together. Even the smells of oils are fresh in his memory. Being a doubly displaced person who on the one hand had to run away from his country and on the other hand Eastern Poland his homeland was taken away from the poles and made part of Ukraine. His identity is connected with his land Poland. Other places like Australia and Rome are mentioned in his poetry and he discusses the dilemma of the poles in Australia who cannot help thinking about Eastern Poland. Since Homer different poets have talked about the issue of identity and Chciuk is one of those poets. Having lost his land he feels the loss of his identity which was connected with his Homeland. As a displaces person he shows his love for his county. Apparently, his poem cycle shows his love for his county but the underlying theme is the issue of identity that he lost by losing Poland. Hence his poems of ‘Tamta Ziemi’ deal with