Advice to King Lear (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Turner Cassity
- First Published: 1986
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Twentieth century, West, U.S., Kings, queens, or royalty, Drama or dramatists, Theaters, Texas, Shakespeare, William, or Shakespearean plays, Monarchy
The Poem
“Advice to King Lear” is a short lyric poem of thirteen lines that are divided into two stanzas. The first stanza has six lines, and the second stanza has seven; the same end rhyme is employed for all thirteen lines. Turner Cassity has made his reputation by writing structured verse. “Advice to King Lear” was included in his 1986 collection Hurricane Lamp. Like many poems in this collection, “Advice to King Lear” is a compressed creation in which Cassity wryly combines the profound past with the seemingly ordinary present. The poem combines the...
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