Lines for the Prince of Venosa (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Lars Gustafsson
- First Published: 1972
- Type of Work: Narrative
- Genres: Free verse, Poetry, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: Music or musicians, Kings, queens, or royalty, Composers, Middle East, Sweden or Swedish people, Princes or princesses
The Poem
Lars Gustafsson’s “Lines for the Prince of Venosa,” as translated by Yvonne L. Sandstroem, is a narrative poem of approximately 875 words. The poem is written in free verse with irregular line and stanza lengths. Although the predominant configuration is two-line stanzas with occasional one-line stanzas for emphasis, the five parenthetical stanzas are more irregular, varying from one to eight lines. The unpredictable line and stanza patterns reinforce the free-flowing nature of the narrative in which the speaker describes an aimless journey through time and...
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