A Poem Beginning with a Line by Pindar (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Edward Howard Duncan
- First Published: 1958
- Type of Work: Ode
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry, Ode
- Subjects: Mythology or myths, Love or romance, Immortality, Religion, Poetry or poets, Spiritual life or spirituality, Death or dying, Painting or painters, Presidents, Greece or Greek people, Mountains
The Poem
This is an “open” poem drafted according to new writing principles developed in the mid-twentieth century, aimed at breaking up the repetitive structures of argument and discourse in so-called closed or conventional poetry. Content of various sorts flows into the poem constantly, demanding close attention to the winding course of its plot. The advantage of openness is the unpredictability of outcome that keeps the reader guessing at each new turn in the poem. This mode of suspense depends on the poet’s ability to synthesize all that is introduced into the...
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