The Conflict

Author(s): Friedrich Schiller, Edgar Alfred Bowring, Xavier Marmier

Genre(s): Multi-version (weekly And Fortnightly Poetry)

Narrators: Lorda, Alan Mapstone, Isad, HandmadePSK, Piotr Nater, Anastasiia Solokha, Sacapsie, Hanna Ponomarenko, Epachuko

Number of Chapters: 13

Length: 27 minutes

Language: Multilingual

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Poem of January, 2022 - The Conflict, by Friedrich Schiller. Language of origin: German, "Der Kampf".

The poet suffers sorely from the love of another man’s wife: the conflict of passion and duty gnaws his heart. At last, he decides to leave. But could his feelings be mutual? (Summary by Anastasiia Solokha)