The Country of Marriage (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
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The Poem
“The Country of Marriage” is a pastoral lyric in free verse with seventy-eight lines and seven irregular stanzas. The title suggests the poem’s dual celebration of country life and marriage. Both farming and marriage are valued as complementary expressions of love, fidelity, trust, and commitment. The poem is written in the first person, using the Berry persona of the “Mad Farmer,” who reflects Berry’s agrarian perspective. It is implicitly addressed to Berry’s wife, Tanya, as a love poem, though she is not named directly but addressed throughout the poem...
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