‘Picturing the poem’
| Autor: | Geoffrey Haresnape |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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| Zdroj: | English Academy Review. 26:82-89 |
| ISSN: | 1753-5360 1013-1752 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10131750903336122 |
| Popis: | Working on the assumption that a poem may be regarded as a verbal bridge between its creator and a recipient, the author offers an account of how ‘The Chimes’ came to be written. He realizes that such an account may not accord with a recipient's impressions of the work, but believes that the authorial view may always be of some interest. The poem has been chosen from The Living and the Dead: Selected and New Poems 1976–2005 (Snailpress and Quartz Press, 2005). It concerns an antique wall clock which a son has inherited from his father and which now forms part of the younger man's household. Various aspects of the father/son relationship inscribed in the poem are described and analysed. Possible influences upon ‘The Chimes’ of Emily Dickinson's ‘A clock stopped’ and ‘I heard a fly buzz when I died’ are examined. Links between the poem and ‘The Grandfather's Clock’, a popular 19th century song by Henry Work, are also considered. The author defends his choice of Common Measure as a form for ‘The Chimes’ and ... |
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