Kotkanlento : Viisilauluinen runoelma by V. Arti
"Kotkanlento : Viisilauluinen runoelma by V. Arti" is a lyrical narrative poem cycle written in the early 20th century. Composed as five “songs,” it traces a metaphysical flight of an eagle from a mountain toward the stars, meeting clouds, winds, northern lights, and thunder, and reflects on freedom, striving, moral law, and the limits of knowledge. The poem begins with the eagle rising in autumn light, tempted by the stars’ promise and
debating fear, fate, and mortality. In the cloud-realm, moonlit spirits invite it to dissolve into their easy brightness, but it continues upward. Higher still, the four winds sing rival doctrines—harsh vigilance, shared life and love, command and dominion, reason and law—while the eagle longs for a peace beyond strife. The northern lights become a tourney of swords teaching that steadiness, swiftness, straightness, and aiming above the fray win the day; the eagle slips through unharmed. In the final trial, thunder-giant faces encircle it, lightning speaking riddling counsels the eagle must grasp; after learning that one who is blinded must be led by heaven, it refuses a blind ascent, folds its wings, and plunges back toward the mountain, as the distant stars keep their secret. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Arti, V. (Väinö), 1885-1963 |
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| Title | Kotkanlento : Viisilauluinen runoelma |
| Original Publication | Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Kansanvalta, 1927. |
| Credits | Tuula Temonen |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 61.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PH: Language and Literatures: Finno-Ugrian and Basque languages and literatures |
| Subject | Finnish poetry -- 20th century |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 76120 |
| Release Date | May 19, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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