place
Bakony Forest
Bakony
also: Bakony, Bakony erdő
The Bakony Forest, a large highland forested region in western Hungary (Transdanubia); used in the 'Change' poem as the shepherd-girl's destination, evoking wild, remote countryside.
Reading notes
- First Attempts (Juvenilia) §36 Bakony
The Bakony Forest, a large wooded highland in western Hungary; used here as a type-name for remote, wild countryside, contrasted with the settled village of the poem.