Epigrams (Richard Aldington)
“Epigrams” presents brief, concentrated lyrics of beauty, loss, renewal, and emotional desolation. “A Girl” remembers a woman through the image of clear Sicilian fluting, whose cold and fantastic grief is painful yet beautiful to a few listeners. “New Love” compares renewed affection to an almond-tree producing fresh leaves after frost has damaged its flowers. “October” turns autumnal beech-leaves, silver from the loss of the tree’s blood, into an image for lips altered by a kiss.
By Richard Aldington · First published 1928 · Genre: Poetry, Anthology, Biography · 96 words
First lines
A GIRL
You were that clear Sicilian fluting / That pains our thought even now.
You were the notes / Of cold fantastic grief / Some few found beautiful.
NEW LOVE
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Richard Aldington
- Date: 1928 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Poetry, Anthology, Biography, Literary Criticism
- Length: 96 words
- Structure: 1 section, 8 paragraphs
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Genres
- Poetry — As the title suggests, 'epigrams' are a form of poetry and this is a collection of Richard Aldington's epigrams written by D.H. Lawrence.
- Anthology — The book is an anthology, offering a compilation of epigraphs by Richard Aldington.
- Biography — Because it's about the poetic works of Richard Aldington, it also serves somewhat as a biography.
- Literary Criticism — Besides being a direct collection, it likely involves D.H. Lawrence's interpretations or critiques of Aldington's work. So, it can also be seen as a work of literary criticism.
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poetry · epigrams · literary · modernism · satire · philosophy · human nature · critique · emotion · language · wisdom · brevity