The Kingfisher (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Amy Clampitt
- First Published: 1982
- Type of Work: Poetry
- 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
Form and Content
The first nine poems of The Kingfisher present the coastal panorama of Maine. In these short poems, Clampitt established four contexts: first, the circular flow from private to public life, in which privileged moments give way to confusion; second, the topographical movement from waterfront toward the heartland, representing anguish and guilt, with a return to birth and creativity, symbolizing patterns in a woman’s life; third, the geographical displacement westward from European civilization (primarily Italy and Greece), through New York City (the...
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