Corona (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Paul Antschel
- First Published: 1952
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Memory, Love or romance, World War II, Jews or Jewish life, War, Holocaust, Jewish, Time
The Poem
“Corona” is a short lyric poem about the difficulty of loving, honestly and truly, for two people who have experienced the catastrophes of World War II and the Holocaust. The memory of disaster and the busy pressure of the time period immediately after the war affect the private life of the two lovers and shape the tone of this love poem.
A corona is a halo or a ring of bright light around the object that obscures or blocks a source of light in an event such as an eclipse. In this poem, love is in eclipse, but the corona of light remaining for the lovers is...
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