Bay: A Book of Poems E-Book

D H Lawrence

• Herausgeber: Booksell-Verlag
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019

Beschreibung

D. H. Lawrence's "Bay: A Book of Poems" is a poignant exploration of human emotion, framed within the context of nature and personal reflection. Comprising a series of free verse poems, Lawrence employs a distinctive lyrical style that resonates with both the immediacy of personal experience and the broader themes of existential contemplation. The collection navigates through complex emotions and vivid imagery, celebrating the beauty and tumult of life while critiquing the mechanization of the modern world. Lawrence'Äôs poetic voice engages with deep philosophical questions, rooted in the early 20th-century literary movements that sought to evoke raw human feeling against the backdrop of social change. D. H. Lawrence, renowned for his novels and essays, was also a fervent poet deeply influenced by his personal experiences and the socio-political climate of his time. His fascination with the connection between the individual and nature, combined with his struggles and travels across Europe, informed the existential themes within "Bay." Lawrence's oeuvre often reflects his belief in the importance of understanding one'Äôs instincts and emotions, a perspective that permeates this collection. Readers who seek a profound poetic experience that invites introspection and appreciation for the subtleties of existence will find "Bay: A Book of Poems" richly rewarding. Lawrence's ability to intertwine personal narrative with universal themes makes this collection a significant addition to the canon of modern poetry, appealing to both scholars and casual readers alike.

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D. H. Lawrence

Bay: A Book of Poems

Published by Good Press, 2019

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EAN 4057664627070

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GUARDS!

EVOLUTIONS OF SOLDIERS

THE LITTLE TOWN AT EVENING

LAST HOURS

TOWN

AFTER THE OPERA

GOING BACK

ON THE MARCH

BOMBARDMENT

WINTER-LULL

THE ATTACK

OBSEQUIAL ODE

SHADES

BREAD UPON THE WATERS.

RUINATION

RONDEAU OF A CONSCIENTIOUS

OBJECTOR.

TOMMIES IN THE TRAIN

WAR-BABY

NOSTALGIA

GUARDS!

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A Review in Hyde Park 1913. The Crowd Watches.

WHERE the trees rise like cliffs, proud and blue-tinted in the distance, Between the cliffs of the trees, on the grey- green park Rests a still line of soldiers, red motionless range of guards Smouldering with darkened busbies beneath the bay- onets' slant rain. Colossal in nearness a blue police sits still on his horse Guarding the path; his hand relaxed at his thigh, And skyward his face is immobile, eyelids aslant In tedium, and mouth relaxed as if smiling—ineffable tedium! So! So! Gaily a general canters across the space, With white plumes blinking under the evening grey sky. And suddenly, as if the ground moved The red range heaves in slow, magnetic reply.

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The red range heaves and compulsory sways, ah see! in the flush of a march Softly-impulsive advancing as water towards a weir from the arch Of shadow emerging as blood emerges from inward shades of our night Encroaching towards a crisis, a meeting, a spasm and throb of delight. The wave of soldiers, the coming wave, the throbbing red breast of approach Upon us; dark eyes as here beneath the busbies glit- tering, dark threats that broach Our beached vessel; darkened rencontre inhuman, and closed warm lips, and dark Mouth-hair of soldiers passing above us, over the wreck of our bark. And so, it is ebb-time, they turn, the eyes beneath the busbies are gone. But the blood has suspended its timbre, the heart from out of oblivion Knows but the retreat of the burning shoulders, the red-swift waves of the sweet Fire horizontal declining and ebbing, the twilit ebb of retreat.