Locks (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Kenneth Koch
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Love or romance, Happiness, Locks or keys
The Poem
“Locks,” a love poem, is an extended list of locks that have brought the narrator “happiness.” The twenty-eight-line poem, written in free verse, is actually one sentence long; the sixteen different locks mentioned in this catalog are separated by semicolons. The lines are lengthy, nearly half of them spilling over to a second or third line of indented text.
The single-stanza poem’s first line is “These locks on doors have brought me happiness,” and the list commences. The variety of locks suggests the narrator’s full, vigorous life—a life...
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