Herinnering aan Holland

Herinnering aan Holland
Dutch landscape with poplar trees, described in the second stanza of Marsman's poem
Herinnering aan Holland

Denkend aan Holland
zie ik breede rivieren
traag door oneindig
laagland gaan,

—Hendrik Marsman

Herinnering aan Holland (English: Memory of Holland) is a poem written by Dutch poet Hendrik Marsman (1899-1940), first published in 1936. The poem describes the Dutch landscape and the Dutch struggle against the waters. It is one of the best known Dutch poems and in 2000, it was chosen 'Poem of the Century’ in the Netherlands.[1]







References

  1. ^ Karssenberg, Hans. CityPoem 46 - Wijk bij Duurstede

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