Dordogne (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Gunnar Ekelöf
- First Published: 1951
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: France or French people, Europe or Europeans, Death or dying, Painting or painters, Life and death, Prehistoric humans, Prehistoric times, Caves, Prehistoric animals
The Poem
“Dordogne” is an unrhymed poem in free verse divided into three short stanzas. The title refers to the town situated in a mountain range in southern central France where some of the oldest remaining Paleolithic paintings were found in the nineteenth century. This was the first discovery of prehistoric European paintings, and it had a tremendous influence on art and art history. The poem’s title gives the reader an unusual sense of geographic location while indicating the poem’s historical content. The syllogistic, three-stanza structure of the poem suggests a...
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