How did Julian Tuwim’s Polish Flowers reflect his exile during World War II?

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Written during his seven-year exile in Brazil and the United States following his flight from Poland at the outbreak of World War II, Julian Tuwim’s long, quasi-epic poem Kwiaty polskie (1949; “Polish Flowers”) serves as a profound reflection of his displacement.12

The work is primarily characterized by its deep sense of nostalgia, as the poet looked back toward his homeland from abroad. By focusing on themes of memory and longing, the poem captures the emotional weight of exile, using its significant length to explore the connection between the poet and the country he was forced to leave behind.21