Voyages (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)

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The six-part poem “Voyages” holds the last place, a position considered most important by Crane, in his first volume, White Buildings. In many of his shorter lyrics and in sections of The Bridge, the central figure is scarcely individuated, a near anonymous observer who undergoes a visionary experience rooted in the coming to a deeper appreciation of language and the human lot but not involving any biographical self-exposure. In “Voyages,” however, Crane strikes a more intimate note, dealing with the pain of parting and being apart from someone loved.

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