The Dead Seal (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Bly
- First Published: 1972
- Type of Work: Narrative
- Genres: Poetry, Narrative poetry
The Poem
When Robert Bly wrote “The Dead Seal near McClure’s Beach” and other poems in the Point Reyes series, he was, in his own words, attempting to “describe an object or a creature without claiming it, without immersing it like a negative in his developing tank of disappointment and desire.” These poems, set in the exquisitely beautiful but often violent part of the Northern California coastline around Point Reyes, focus on an unforgiving natural setting, whose very beauty is the siren’s call that can lead ultimately to destruction.
The narrator in this...
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