The author, W.S. Merwin, uses a paternal tone with varying intensity to personify his book and make it a child being released into the world alone. “Go on then In your own time This is as far As I will take you I am leaving your words with you As through they has been yours All the time” (W. S. Merwin) Above is the opening stanza of the poem “To the Book”. This stanza begins to set the overall tone and audience of the poem. The first line of the poem, “go on then”, sets a harsh tone. As if the author
Regret. Think back to your childhood. Do you remember those infamous words "No playing ball in the house," and do you remember that feeling of terror as you tried to reconstruct your mother's favorite porcelain figurine? Its poor mutilated body shattered beyond recognition. Immediately your mind thought, "If I fix it before she finds out, it will be O.K. I just have to sneak the glue from the kitchen," but it was too late. She had heard the noise and came to see what had happened. Regret
perceptions of visionary experiences, whatever their cause, occur in readily identifiable clusters, the affective nature of which is determined largely by the emotional reaction of the person experiencing them. Because of this, and because there are poets and authors other than Blake whose work is also visionary--that is, concerned to a large extent with the imagery and perceptions of what we now call altered states of consciousness--one can construct from various works and research on these states
the past would remain a constant influence. Some common topics were the Civil War and the settlement of western U.S. frontier life (Magill 1: 174). Stephen Vincent Benet took all these factors into mind during his life as a twentieth century writer/poet. Keeping the times, the life, and the literature of Stephen Vincent Benet a major part of his influence and achievements, he helped push America towards a united cultural victory. Stephen Vincent Benet was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to James Walker