page_title: Tears of the Prodigal Son
hierarchical_section_title: Tears of the Prodigal Son
caption_attribution_description: A cover of the 1622 edition of the work, see w:Tears of the Prodigal Son
context_page_description: The Tears of the Prodigal Son is a poem written by the Croatian Baroque poet Ivan Gundulić. It was originally published in Venice in 1622.
  The poem is composed of three laments: the Sin, the Comprehension and the Humility, presenting the three basic categories of Christianity — sin, repentance and redemption — through contrasts like death/life, sin/purity and Hell/Heaven.
context_section_description: The Tears of the Prodigal Son (Croatian: Suze sina razmetnoga) is a poem written by the Croatian Baroque poet Ivan Gundulić. It was originally published in Venice in 1622.
  The poem is composed of three laments (cries) (plač): the Sin (Sagriješenje), the Comprehension (Spoznanje) and the Humility (Skrušenje), presenting the three basic categories of Christianity — sin, repentance and redemption — through contrasts like death/life, sin/purity and Hell/Heaven.
caption: Tears of the Prodigal Son, cover of the 1622 edition.
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