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KenntniĂź der ehstnischen Sprache". 21 poems in Estonian and 3 in German have been preserved from his poetry. The main part is made up of heroic-philosophical odes, characterized by sublime wording rich in color and contrast, and pastorals with a simpler verse texture,
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Peterson gathered his Estonian poems into two small books but never saw them published, as this only occurred a hundred years after his death. Three German poems were published posthumously in 1823. One of Peterson's projects was fulfilled in his lifetime, the German version of
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