The Kingfisher (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Amy Clampitt
- First Published: 1982
- Type of Work: Narrative
- Genres: Free verse, Poetry, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Love or romance, Nature, New York City, Religion, Emotions, England or English people, Fate or fatalism, Birds, Time, Ocean
The Poem
“The Kingfisher” is divided into seven stanzas, each made up of six lines of approximately the same length. Although it is written in free verse, not in a metrical form, the poem looks more conventional than many other free-verse works, including some in the same collection by Amy Clampitt. It appears even more traditional because each of the first three stanzas is a definite unit, ending with a period; the remainder of the poem consists of double-stanza units, but again, the first stanza in each pair ends with a punctuated pause and the second with a period. Thus...
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