Ode to the Most Holy Eucharist (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Federico Garcia Lorca
- First Published: 1928
- Type of Work: Ode
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry, Ode
- Subjects: Religion, God, Human race, Good and evil, Catholics or Catholic Church, Devils or demons, Religious life, Sacraments, Mass, Catholic
The Poem
“Ode to the Most Holy Eucharist: Exposition and World,” a relatively short poem in classic hexameters, is divided into three overall sections of four-line stanzas (“Exposition,” “World,” and “The Devil”), which are thirty-six, forty, and sixteen lines long. The title indicates the serious nature of the poem, but also suggests the possibility of an ironic reading by emphasizing the superlative degree in “Most Holy.” This blending of high seriousness and ironic detachment is one of the hallmarks of the poem. When its first two sections were published...
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