A Review of the First Section of the Poem “The Lost Son” (1756 words, 8 pages)
Kenneth BurkePerhaps the best way-in is through the thirteenflower poems that comprise the first section of The Lost Son. The two openinglyrics, "Cuttings" and "Cuttings (Later)," present the vital strivingsof coronated stem, severed from parental stock. Clearly the imagistic figuring of a humansituation, they view minutely the action of vegetal ...
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