The Loom (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Kelly
- First Published: 1975
- Type of Work: Poetic sequence
- Genres: Poetry, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: Mythology or myths, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Women, Imagination, Men, Weaving or weavers
The Poem
The Loom is a long poem of more than four hundred pages by one of America’s most prolific and versatile poets. It takes up a thorny issue of contemporary poetry, the divided self, which is presented in many forms as the speaker ventures over the earth in search of a way to dissolve his own internal oppositions to become whole and imaginative in a new life. Robert Kelly’s voluminous output as a writer is characterized by a lush and vivid imagination and a supple writing style that is clear, crisp, flexible in its command of a wide variety of experiences and...
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