Second Man and Other Poems.
Title:
Second Man and Other Poems.
Author:
Coxe, Louis O.
ISBN:
9780816662005
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (73 pages)
Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- NEW ENGLAND: A MEMORY -- I. Prodigal son -- II. Northbound from Boston -- III. Gallows Hill -- IV. Looking East -- HANNAH DUSTIN -- SAMUEL McINTIRE, ARCHITECT -- THOMAS JEFFERSON -- SAMUEL SEWALL -- BEOWULF -- GENERAL JOHN NICHOLSON -- LAMENT -- MARSH HAWK -- THIS FALL -- WINTER NIGHT -- DIALOGUE -- THE NAVIGATOR CONTEMPLATES HEAVEN -- THE PASSAGE -- ISLANDS -- WINTER SOLSTICE -- I. The Dead Center -- II. Christmas Eve -- III. New Year's Eve -- IV. Daily Round -- THE LAKE -- AUTUMNAL -- WATCHING WATER -- CHILDREN AT THE BEACH -- FOR A NATIVITY -- I. Prologue -- II. Song -- III. For E. W. C. -- IV. The Child -- TODAY'S CRISIS -- CARRIER PILOT -- MAGNA MATER -- THE OLD LECHER -- DEATH OF DON JUAN -- UNION SOLDIER -- CIVIL WAR DEAD, MEMORIAL HALL -- THE VETERAN -- NUNS ON SHIPBOARD -- SCATTERING ASHES -- IN HIBERNIS -- THAW -- ELEGY FOR A CHILD -- I. Passing-Bell -- II. The Father -- III. The Mother -- IV. Death -- HAYING -- EPISTLE: TO S. H. M. -- TOWER -- DEATH WATCH -- AUBADE -- MAGNETIC POLE, TRUE POLE -- THE SECOND MAN -- I. The Lament -- II. Movie Idols, in Plato's Cave -- III. The Withdrawal -- IV. The Return.
Abstract:
The Second Man and Other Poems was first published in 1955. The forty poems which make up this second volume of Mr. Coxe's poetry display an impressive range of subject and technique. He writes of love and religion, of men at sea, of historical moments of violence decision, and of the face of nature. But the predominant themes are those which Mr. Coxe treats with especial authority: the living meaning of his native New England, of its past, and of the people who make it. Mr. Coxe writes many kinds of poetry. There are lyrics, songs, reflective poems, and dramatic monologues. Although he experiments with meter and explores the riches of language, his poetry is traditional in the best sense. Among the poems in this volume are some that have been published previously in such magazines as The New Yorker, Partisan Review, Western Review, Furioso, Hudson Review, Poetry, and Paris Review.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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