Author | Taras Shevchenko |
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Original title | Сон |
Language | Ukrainian |
Genre | Narrative poem |
Published | 1844 |
Publication place | Ukraine |
"Dream" is a poem by Taras Shevchenko from 1844, a lyrical pamphlet, the first work of satire in his work and in new Ukrainian literature directed against social and national oppression, against the then socio-political system, autocracy, serfdom, the church, against "the slavish obedience of the masses" and "the national treason of the top of Ukrainian society, which went to the service of the imperial power."