Out in the Open (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Tomas Tranströmer
- First Published: 1966
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Violence, Good and evil, Forests or forestry, Trees, Suburban life, Airplanes or jets, Sweden or Swedish people, Church or churches, Mushrooms, Sun, Night, Autumn
The Poem
“Out in the Open” has thirty-three lines divided into three sections of uneven length. The poem takes place out in the open air, away from town and the town’s evil; the poet attempts to bring things normally hidden out in the open. Each of these readings is problematic, partially because of the poem’s fragmented nature.
The second and third sections are written in the first person, but the first section has only an implied first-person narrator. In all three sections, there is no distinction between the speaker and Tomas Tranströmer; one must assume...
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