Malady (F. S. Flint) by Frank Stuart Flint
In “Malady,” a speaker struggles through a blurred, painful awakening, uncertain of bed, room, light, movement, and even personal identity. Darkness and weariness make ordinary actions and objects difficult to recognize as the speaker reaches a landing and confronts indistinguishable stairs, banisters, and handrail. Descending into a white blur, the speaker feels expanded into the surrounding walls. Recognition returns suddenly with dazzling green movement and joy: the speaker identifies a familiar room, books, a piano, unfinished music and writing, and sunlight, before a parrot screeches.
By Frank Stuart Flint · First published 1928 · Genre: Poetry, Modernism, Literary Fiction · 251 words
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First lines
I move; / perhaps I have wakened; / this is a bed; / this is a room; / and there is light.
Darkness!
Have I performed / the dozen acts or so / that make me the man / men see?
The door opens, / and on the landing -- / quiet! / I can see nothing: the pain, the weariness!
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Frank Stuart Flint
- Date: 1928 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Poetry, Modernism, Literary Fiction
- Length: 251 words
- Structure: 1 section, 12 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Very Easy (5th Grade or below)
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Genres
- Poetry — D.H. Lawrence's 'MALADY' is a book of poems, and F.S. Flint was a prominent English poet, known for championing the free verse style which is reflected in the book's prose.
- Modernism — The book is written during the modernist period, and it reflects the focus on individual subjective experience, and the estrangement and alienation of modern life, themes common in modernist literature.
- Literary Fiction — D.H. Lawrence's works are considered part of literary fiction due to their focus on style, psychological depth, and individualistic characters.
Tags
illness · suffering · human condition · existentialism · psychological · emotional turmoil · relationships · identity · self-discovery · nature · society · conflict