Thinking of the Lost World (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Randall Jarrell
- First Published: 1965
- Type of Work: Meditation
- Genres: Poetry, Meditation
- Subjects: Children, Family or family life, Memory, Mental illness, Cats, Fantasy, Miracles
The Poem
“Thinking of the Lost World” is a long (ninety lines) free-verse meditation that imitates the associative structure of reverie. The last poem in Randall Jarrell’s last book of poetry, it almost demands to be read with the three-part poem “The Lost World” in the same volume. “Thinking of the Lost World” begins with a deliberate echo of Marcel Proust and the madeleine pastry in A la recherche du temps perdu (1913-1927; Remembrance of Things Past, 1922-1931), partly because Proust was one of Jarrell’s favorite authors, but primarily because...
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