The Crimean Sonnets are a series of 18 sonnets constituting an artistic telling of a journey through the Crimea by Adam Mickiewicz. Published in 1826. The Crimean Sonnets are romantic descriptions of oriental nature and culture of the East which show the despair of the poet - a pilgrim, an exile longing for the homeland, driven from his home by a violent enemy. Tagi: Crimea, Ukraine, poem, poetry, polish, classic