A Literary Analysis of the Poem as Mask (1633 words, 7 pages)
Rachel Blau DuPlessisExplicitly antimythological, "The Poem as Mask" is also an act ofself-criticism, written in direct opposition to an earlier "Orpheus." The olderpoem, constructed like a court masque of the English tradition, uses the power of music asorganizing symbol, centers on a static drama of transformation, and ends with a ...
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