Editing Máj (section)

==Setting==
According to the author's [[epilogue]], the poem is a homage to the beauty of spring. It is set in a [[bucolic]] landscape, inspired by such features as a lake then called Big Pond ({{langx|cs|Velký rybník}}), and now called [[Lake Mácha]] ({{langx|cs|Máchovo jezero}}), after the poet. The poem's action takes place near the town of Hiršberg. Castles such as [[Bezděz Castle|Bezděz]], [[Karlštejn]], and [[Křivoklát, Rakovník|Křivoklát]] (Mácha was an avid walker and knew [[Central Bohemian Region|Central Bohemia]] intimately) also influence the setting of the poem.<ref name="may">Marcela Sulak, "Introduction," in {{cite book
  | last = Mácha
  | first = Karel Hynek
  | others=Marcela Sulak (trans.)
  | title = May
  | publisher = Twisted Spoon Press
  | year = 2005
  | location = Prague
  | pages = 7–18
  | isbn = 80-86264-22-X}}</ref>