Mei (poem)Mei (May) is a poem written by the Dutch poet Herman Gorter and published in 1889. It established Gorter's reputation as a poet and one of the foremost writers of the Tachtigers movement. It is one of the most famous poems in the Dutch language. It has 4,381 lines.[1] The opening lines are some of the most famous in dutch literature:[1][2]
The poem was published in De Nieuwe Gids, a poetry journal.[3] TranslationsThe poem has been translated into several languages:
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