Selected Poems By michael-longley
Selected Poems book
Celebrated for his lyrical intensity his metaphysical wit his thematic and formal range Michael Longley is widely regarded as one of the finest poets in these islands His life in Northern Ireland has contributed to the complexity of a poetic universe in which love friendship and aesthetics contend with war death and violance There are no hard boundaries between Longley s love poetry his nature poetry his war poetry and his elegies Longley looks to the poets of Greece and Rome particularly Homer and Ovid and to the poets of the two world wars His great ability perhaps has been to distil the large and difficult themes into highly concentrated forms This is Michael Longley s own selection from thirty years of writing it reveals the strength and coherence of an extraordinary body of work Selected PoemsMy taste and that s all it is it s not a judgement runs to the accessible I know I know that labels me something of a Philistine but Michael Langley is such a mesmerist with words that I was captivated even by those poems I didn t fully understand And one of my favorite poems think Northern Ireland is in this collection Ceasefire1Put in mind of his own father and moved to tears Achilles took him by the hand and pushed the old king Gently away but Priam curled up at his feet and Wept with him until their sadness filled the building 2Taking Hector s corpse into his own hands Achilles Made sure it was washed and for the old king s sake Laid out in uniform ready for Priam to carry Wrapped like a present home to Troy at daybreak 3When they had eaten together it pleased them both To stare at each other s beauty as lovers might Achilles built like a god Priam good looking still And full of conversation who earlier had sighed 4 I get down on my knees and do what must be done And kiss Achilles hand the killer of my son Selected Poems An enjoyable collection but I m not sure the poems will stay with me Selected Poems I would love to be friends with this beautiful man Selected Poems A book I took a year long break of because I was disliking it so much. Selected poems by rupert brooke Longley really only shines in fragmented lines or phrases and he is at his utter best when he recreates mythic episodes particularly those from The Odyssey having a clear intimacy and affinity with Odysseus. Emily dickinson selected poems pdf Longley s idea of naturalism seems to be simply naming off animals or plants and it can be very tiring hence why I gave up this collection in the first place His portraiture of people and other philosophically styled pieces also lack energy and tend to fall flat in their last lines. Selected Poems epub reader I liked perhaps a tenth of this selection It gains a little extra credit for its regular form of verse compared to his contemporaries with capitalisation and regular metre but with few instances of rhyme. Selected poems edgar a guest He also manages to generate a quiet very Irish mood across several poems which I find myself craving occasionally but which I don t find to be a testament to his poetry s quality and how much of the landscape I share with him that he can versify even in mediocrity. Book Selected poems Longley s verse would be best fitted for a quiet evening after a long day or after a nice walk but it would be pleasant in the reading of it simply instead of what the poetry itself can evoke. Selected Poems kindle app A confusing case honestly and there doesn t appear to be any apparent undercurrent to be found upon further rereading But it s a volume I will keep around and pick up from time to time Selected Poems Life is full of things we should notice Selected Poems
| Selected Poems By michael-longley |
| 0224050354 |
| 9780224050357 |
| English |
| 144 |
| Paperback |
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