The thirteen poems gathered in this section of the 1881
Ballads and Sonnets volume all focus, more or less closely and explcitly,
on poetry's resources for accessing secret knowledge.
Paradoxically, the non-semantic features of verse
expression are represented as the key to this
quasi-mystical power of apprehension.
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1881 Ballads and Sonnets text
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
The thirteen poems gathered in this section of the 1881 Ballads and Sonnets volume all focus, more or less closely and explcitly, on poetry's resources for accessing secret knowledge. Paradoxically, the non-semantic features of verse expression are represented as the key to this quasi-mystical power of apprehension.
The poems include:
A Death-Parting
Adieu
Alas, So Long!
Chimes
Insomnia
Parted Presence
Possession
Song and Music
Soothsay
Spheral Change
Sunset Wings
The Cloud Confines
Three Shadows