Everyone Is a World (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Gunnar Ekelöf
- First Published: 1941
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Psychology or psychologists, Ships, Human behavior, Personality, Mind and body
The Poem
“Everyone Is a World” is a short poem in free verse, its twenty-four lines divided into three stanzas. The title is formed from the first line of the poem; the original poem has no title. In the original collection, it is grouped together with some other poems under the musical subheading “Etydes” (études). The first line captures the main theme of the poem: The mind of each human being is plural, formed by many voices, most of them hidden or silenced.
The poem is written in a collective plural voice, underlining the general tone of the poem, which...
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