Last Things (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: William Meredith
- First Published: 1970
- Type of Work: Meditation
- Genres: Poetry, Meditation
- Subjects: Africa or Africans, Mythology or myths, Legends, Gods or goddesses, Greek or Roman times, Time, Animals, Automobiles, Statues
The Poem
“Last Things” is a forty-seven-line meditation that is divided into four stanzas. Included in William Meredith’s 1970 collection, Earth Walk: New and Selected Poems, “Last Things” is one of the thirteen new poems that make up the opening section of the collection; it is the last poem—the impact poem—of the opening section.
In the eleven-line first stanza, the poet observes a porcupine crossing a road. The porcupine’s movements are described as reminding him of other “relics”: “Possum, armadillo, horseshoe crab.” They seem...
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