Circulations of the Song (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Edward Howard Duncan
- First Published: 1977
- Type of Work: Ode
- Genres: Poetry, Ode
- Subjects: Gay men, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Poetry or poets, Asia or Asians, Songs or songwriters, Men, Life, philosophy of
The Poem
“Circulations of the Song” is a long poem divided into twenty-two stanzas of various lengths. There are 306 lines in this highly developed irregular ode. The title suggests circular as well as cyclic patterns among the stanzas, while the subtitle (“After Jalal al-Din Rumi”) indicates the model that Robert Duncan is using, that of thirteenth century Persian poet Jalal al-Din Rumi. Rumi, as he has been known for centuries, was one of the founders of a sect of the Sufi religion called the Dancing Mevlevi Dervishes; he was also one of the supreme poets of Persia....
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