First Snow in Alsace (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Richard Wilbur
- First Published: 1947
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
The Poem
Richard Wilbur’s “First Snow in Alsace” consists of eight three-line stanzas and a final line that completes the rhyme scheme. The poem describes the first snowfall of winter in Alsace, as the title indicates. Alsace is a region of eastern France frequently the subject of border disputes between France and Germany. Alsace was ceded to Germany as a result of the Franco-Prussian War but restored to France after World War I. The area was occupied by Germany during most of World War II until French and U.S. troops recovered the territory for France in 1945. The...
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