The Liar’s Psalm: Repentance (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Andrew Hudgins
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Work: Meditation
- Genres: Poetry, Meditation
- Subjects: Truth, Truthfulness and falsehood, Bible, biblical imagery, or biblical symbolism, Jesus Christ, Animals, Logic
The Poem
“Repentance” is one of four poems which together constitute a longer work entitled “The Liar’s Psalm.” The epigraph that precedes “The Liar’s Psalm” states the subject and sets the tone for the entire work. It is a quotation from the beast-fable, “Reynard the Fox,” one of the many medieval versions of the adventures of an immoral predator who manages through cunning to avoid the punishment he deserves. The epigraph begins by pointing out that, while it takes neither “art nor cunning” to tell the truth, a skillful liar “may do wonders.”...
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