Lamentations (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Louise Gluck
- First Published: 1980
- Type of Work: Poetic sequence
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric sequence
- Subjects: Religion, God, Christianity, Bible, biblical imagery, or biblical symbolism, Jesus Christ, Judaism
The Poem
“Lamentations” consists of four brief lyric poem sequences in free verse. Each sequence has its own title: “The Logos,” “Nocturne,” “The Covenant,” and “The Clearing.” Individual sequences contain from three to four stanzas each. These vary from two to seven lines in length, and the lines themselves mimic the stanzas through the economy of words used.
The title of this poem, “Lamentations,” suggests mourning for something irrevocably lost. It especially recalls the Old Testament’s Hebrew prophets lamenting the folly of the Children of...
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