John Berryman: Collected Poems 1937-1971 by John Berryman

John Berryman: Collected Poems 1937-1971 by John Berryman

Author:John Berryman [Berryman, John]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Omnibus, Anthologies, Poetry
ISBN: 9781466879584
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 1989-01-01T00:00:00+00:00


NOTES

Stanzas

1–4

The poem is about the woman but this exordium is spoken by the poet, his voice modulating in stanza 4, line 8 [4.8] into hers.

1.1

He was not Governor until after her death.

1.5

Sylvester (the translator of Du Bartas) and Quarles, her favourite poets; unfortunately.

5.4, 5

Many details are from quotations in Helen Campbell’s biography, the Winthrop papers, narratives, town histories.

8.4ff.

Scriptural passages are sometimes ones she used herself, as this in her Meditation liii.



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