The Changing Light at Sandover (Masterplots II: Poetry Series)
At a glance:
- Author: James Merrill
- First Published: 1976
- Type of Work: Poetic Sequence
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Creation myth
The Poem
The Changing Light at Sandover is an epic poem in three books along with a supplemental coda. The title refers to the house owned by the poet in Stonington, Connecticut, where much of the action (both internal and external) of the poem takes place. More generally, the title expresses the central preoccupation of the poem: its interest in the possibilities available in the occult and the spirit world. The fact that the light changes rather than remains constant hints that this world sometimes appears genuine yet seems sometimes a contrivance of the human...
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