Beautiful and strange country
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This poem describes Greece as a beautiful yet strange country. It notes that the people of Greece do unusual things like catching birds in nets meant for fish, placing boats on land and gardens in water. The people are also described as crying, kissing the dirt, migrating, and eventually becoming solitary individuals. The poem emphasizes that the author has never seen a country as beautiful and strange as Greece.
Beautiful and strange country
- 1. Beautiful and strange country Odysseas Elytis A beautiful and strange country like the one that luck gave me, I 've never seen He throws the net to catch fish. he catches birds, he sets a boat on the ground, a garden in the water, he cries, kisses the dirt, migrates, ends up by himself**, he becomes a man A beautiful and strange country like the one that luck gave me, I 've never seen He tries to grab a stone, he throws it away he tries to poke in it, he makes miracles he takes a little boat, he reaches the oceans he asks for a revolution, he asks for tyrants A beautiful and strange country like the one that luck gave me, I 've never seen