Wislawa Szymborska's "Conversation with a Stone": an interpretation.

From: Sarmatian Review | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: Furno, Mary Ann | Copyright information

"Throughout the Middle Ages ... the stone remained the main symbol of folly--hard, impenetrable, stolid.... It was above all a metaphor which demonstrated well-nigh mythologically the intrinsically foolish nature of human beings." (1) References are found to the surgical removal of stones as a method of curing someone of his folly.

In "Conversation With A Stone," Wislawa Szymborska gives "her" stone a voice; further, she allows a dialogue with an unidentified speaker who...

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