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Wallace Stevens is one of America’s most respected 20th century poets. He was a master stylist, employing an extraordinary vocabulary and a rigorous precision in crafting his poems. But he was also a philosopher of aesthetics, vigorously exploring the notion of poetry as the supreme...
E que mais ou menos a metade dos Collected Poems foi composta nos últimos treze anos de vida do poeta, de 1942 a 1955. Assim, a poesia de Stevens, como a de Kaváfis, é a poesia de um homem maduro, o que nem sempre quer dizer uma poesia acompanhada de uma reflexão amadurecida sobre o fazer poético, mas, nestes dois casos, quer.
23 de jun. de 2023 · Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird. Was the eye of the blackbird. In which there are three blackbirds. The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds. It was a small part of the pantomime. Are one. Are one. Or just after. With barbaric glass.
1 de jun. de 2023 · Of any misery in the sound of the wind, In the sound of a few leaves, Which is the sound of the land. Full of the same wind. That is blowing in the same bare place. For the listener, who listens in the snow, And, nothing himself, beholds. Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is. From Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens by Wallace Stevens.
Wallace Stevens is one of America’s most respected 20th century poets. He was a master stylist, employing an extraordinary vocabulary and a rigorous precision in crafting his poems. But he was also a philosopher of aesthetics, vigorously exploring the notion of poetry as the supreme...
Overall, Stevens’ poems highlight the complex relationship between art and nature, emphasizing the importance of both in shaping our understanding of the world around us. Through his use of vivid imagery and metaphorical language, Stevens invites readers to explore the beauty and complexity of nature, while also acknowledging the limitations of language in capturing its essence.
About Stevens: Poems. These Everyman’s Library Pocket Poets hardcover editions are popular for their compact size and reasonable price. Poems: Stevens contains a selection, chosen by Helen Vendler, of over sixty of Stevens’s poems, revealing with renewed force his status as our supreme acrobat of the imagination.
