I think continually of those who were truly great (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Stephen Spender
- First Published: 1932
- Type of Work: Elegy
- Genres: Poetry, Elegy
- Subjects: Philosophy or philosophers, Spiritual life or spirituality, Life, philosophy of
The Poem
“I think continually of those who were truly great” is an untitled poem that first appeared in New Signatures, a collection of poetry selected by Michael Roberts to offer an imaginative and intellectual blend that would deal positively with the problems of the twentieth century. This popular collection also represented the works of emerging poets such as W. H. Auden, C. Day Lewis, William Empson, John Lehmann, and Richard Eberhart, who collectively became known, for a time, as New Signatures poets. Spender contributed more poems than any of the...
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