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by: Anthony Hecht
Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780192118738
ISBN: 0192118730
Label: Oxford Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Oxford Paperbacks
Number Of Pages: 84
Publication Date: September 08, 1977
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Sales Rank: 6386144
Studio: Oxford Paperbacks
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Highly accomplished craftsman
Anthony Hecht is a very fine craftsman. Formally, his poems are inventive and carefully polished. Especially impressive is his accomplishment with somewhat complicated rhyme schemes, which frequently leads to sonic effects that are truly magical. This was his third collection in as many decades, and this demonstrates, if nothing else, a deep commitment to "getting it right". And yet, while I cannot help but admire his professional aesthetic, his wide scope of allusion, the comprehensive learning ... Read More
Rating:  - Appreciation
This book of poems is not quite as good as The Venetian Vespers. But I find myself asking how any book of modern poetry could be. The title of the book comes from one of Shakespeare's love sonnets and is expressed in the final stanzas of "A Birthday Poem"
"The picture is black and white, mere light and shade.
Even the sneakers' red
Has washed away in acids. A voice is spent,
Echoing down the ages in my head:
What is your substance, whereof are you ... Read More
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