The Seasons (poem)
Lithuanian poem written by Kristijonas Donelaitis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Lithuanian poem. For the poems by James Thomson, see The Seasons (Thomson poem).
The Seasons (Lithuanian: Metai) is the first Lithuanian poem written by Kristijonas Donelaitis around 1765–1775. It is in quantitative dactylic hexameters as often used for Latin and Ancient Greek poetry. It was published as "Das Jahr" in Königsberg, 1818 by Ludwig Rhesa, who also named the poem and selected the arrangement of the parts. The German translation was included in the first edition of the poem. The book was dedicated to Wilhelm von Humboldt.[1] The poem is considered a masterpiece of early Lithuanian literature.