The Fly (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Miroslav Holub
- First Published: 1961
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: France or French people, England or English people, War, Death or dying, Soldiers, Middle Ages, Battles, Knights or knighthood, Insects, Chivalry, Flies
The Poem
“The Fly” is a short poem in free verse, in thirty-three lines, divided into eight stanzas. The title reflects Miroslav Holub’s practice, as a distinguished scientist, of frequently drawing on biology, with its life-forms and life processes, for his imagery. The fly serves as an observer of the Battle of Crécy, the fly’s demeanor and behavior being apposed to the human drama being enacted on the battlefield. Behind the fly is a second observer, the poet. The poem is a meditation on a historic event. The poem is also divided into what Holub calls units of...
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