Poem for an Anniversary (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Cecil Day-Lewis
- First Published: 1935
- Type of Work: Meditation
- Genres: Poetry, Meditation
- Subjects: Nature, Disasters, Earthquakes, Natural disasters, Volcanoes, Geology or geologists, Weather
The Poem
“Poem for an Anniversary” is a brief poem of twenty-four lines divided into four sestets. Each stanza is made up of a pattern of short and long lines; the first and last lines are terse and repeat a sentencelike format, and each stanza is, in itself, a complete thought. The poem gives the reader a command (“admit then and be glad”) at the onset of each stanza, and each order is reminiscent of an action associated with an anniversary celebration: admit, remember, admire, and survey.
The anniversary of the title is never specifically indicated, yet the...
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