Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: James Wright
- First Published: 1963
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Family or family life, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Midwest, Ohio, Sports, Football, Seasons, Autumn
The Poem
“Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio” is a short poem in free verse, its one-dozen lines divided into three unequal stanzas, forming an argument with two premises and an inescapable conclusion. The title of the poem both identifies the poem’s locale and suggests the cyclical, seasonal, almost ritual quality of the football game which is the poem’s central focus. In the bleak industrial Midwest of James Wright’s poetry, the stylized violence of the gridiron takes the place of the traditional harvest festival celebrated by more peaceful, agrarian folk.
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