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Sunday morning. " Sunday Morning " is a poem from Wallace Stevens' first book of poetry, Harmonium. Published in part in the November 1915 issue of Poetry, then in full in 1923 in Harmonium, it is now in the public domain. The first published version can be read at the Poetry web site: [1] The literary critic Yvor Winters considered "Sunday ...
1. Signature. Wallace Stevens (October 2, 1879 – August 2, 1955) was an American modernist poet. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, educated at Harvard and then New York Law School, and spent most of his life working as an executive for an insurance company in Hartford, Connecticut. Stevens's first period begins with the publication of ...
Harmonium is a book of poetry by American poet Wallace Stevens. His first book at the age of forty-four, it was published in 1923 by Knopf in an edition of 1500 copies. This collection comprises 85 poems, ranging in length from just a few lines ("Life Is Motion") to several hundred ("The Comedian as the Letter C") (see the footnotes [1] for the ...
Lunar Paraphrase. "Lunar Paraphrase" is a poem from the second (1931) edition of Wallace Stevens 's first book of poetry, Harmonium. One of Stevens's "war poems" from "Lettres d'un Soldat" (1918), it is in the public domain. [1] The moon is the mother of pathos and pity. The moon is the mother of pathos and pity.
The Bird With The Coppery, Keen Claws is a poem from Wallace Stevens 's first book of poetry, Harmonium. It was originally published in 1921, so it is in the public domain. [ 1] Librivox has made the poem available in voice recording in its The Complete Public Domain Poems of Wallace Stevens. [1] The Bird With The Coppery, Keen Claws.
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird. " Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird " is a poem from Wallace Stevens 's first book of poetry, Harmonium. The poem consists of thirteen short, separate sections, each of which mentions blackbirds in some way. Although inspired by haiku, none of the sections meets the traditional definition of haiku.
Ploughing on Sunday. " Ploughing on Sunday " is a poem from Wallace Stevens 's first book of poetry, Harmonium (1923). First published in 1919, it is now in the public domain. [1] Tosses in the wind. Glitters in the sun. Water in the fields. The wind pours down. And bluster in the wind.
A High-Toned Old Christian Woman. " A High-Toned Old Christian Woman " is a poem in Wallace Stevens 's first book of poetry, Harmonium (1923). A High-Toned Old Christian Woman. Poetry is the supreme fiction, madame. Take the moral law and make a nave of it.