What is The Daughter of Sláva?
[[File:Kollar jan.jpg|thumb|Rev. Ján Kollár]] '''The Daughter of Sláva''' (in Czech ''Slávy dcera'') is a poetic work by [[Ján Kollár]].<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jan-Kollar Ján Kollár, Slovak poet at Encyclopaedia Britannica.]</ref> It is a long cycle of [[sonnet]]s. In fact, it is an epic poem written in the form of sonnet. The author was a Slovak Lutheran pastor and [[poet]], who wrote in Czech.<ref>{{cite book| last = Bracewell| first = Wendy| title = Orientations: An Anthology of East European Travel Writing, Ca. 1550-2000| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=k3EcXPgSd-sC&pg=PA148| year = 2009| publisher = Central European University Press| isbn = 978-963-9776-10-4| page = 148 }}</ref> The work was intended to become a national epic of all the Slavic peoples. It was first printed in 1824. It was published some more times and expanded in every edition. The number of poems increased from 150 to 645. There is a [[pun]] in the title of the book. ''Sláva'' in Czech means ''Fame''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pitt.edu/~votruba/qsonhist/slovakanthem.html |title=Sláva. |access-date=2017-01-10 |archive-date=2017-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210042626/http://www.pitt.edu/~votruba/qsonhist/slovakanthem.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Slavic people regard themselves as ''the people of fame'', never ''the slaves'', as they are considered to be in the West.<ref>[https://home.isi.org/slavs-slaves-and-slavery Isaac Woodward, Slavs, Slaves, and Slavery.]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The work is provided with a ''Prologue'' (''Předzpěv''). This part is written in hexameter and pentameter.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pitt.edu/~votruba/qsonhist/slovakpoetryclassicism.html |title=Meter in Slovak poems. |access-date=2017-01-10 |archive-date=2016-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018004045/http://www.pitt.edu/~votruba/qsonhist/slovakpoetryclassicism.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The metre is shaped like Greek on