Miniature (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Yannis Ritsos
- First Published: 1961
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Twentieth century, War, Women, Death or dying, Pictures, Edible plants, Men, Time, Greece or Greek people, Lamps, Lemons
The Poem
“Miniature” is a free-verse poem of fourteen lines. The title, especially in Greek, denotes a small-scale drawing of the type that Yannis Ritsos is known to have drawn on hundreds of stones and on the backs of Greek cigarette boxes. While the title self-consciously limits the size of the poem, it is deceptive in that it does not indicate its scope.
The poem captures an awkward moment in which two people who are about to have tea are unable to connect. A woman of indeterminate age stands at a table, slicing lemons. The slices, with sections like spokes, are...
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