Sorting, Wrapping, Packing, Stuffing (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: James Schuyler
- First Published: 1969
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Family or family life, Twentieth century, Escapes, City life, Lifestyles, Property, Decision making
The Poem
“Sorting, wrapping, packing, stuffing” is a poem in free verse, its sixty-five lines divided into seven stanzas of varying lengths. The title strongly suggests the poem’s method and tone by signifying busy activity, the four consecutive participles accumulating into a sense of hurry and culminating in a sense of fullness. The poem is written in the first person, yet the role of this person is not so much to reveal his character or emotions as to be the instigator and then the witness of the poem’s events. He appears to the reader more as a performer than as a...
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