Daniel Berrigan, Jesuit activist and poet, died this past Saturday. His “A Dark Word” is a fitting way to note his passing.
Tag Archives: analysis
The Frolic Architecture of the Snow
Ralph Waldo Emerson sees a snow-storm as a master architect and “fierce artificer.”
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Advent and Horror at the Void
Donald Hall’s “Advent” captures the darkness of the season, linking death with birth.
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What Does It Mean to Hope against Hope?
What does it mean to hope against hope? Emily Dickinson and an analytic philosopher weigh in.
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Forgive Me for Eating Your Plums
In my experience, no two people respond to William Carlos Williams’s “This Is Just to Say” in the same way. More than most short poems, it seems to function as a Rorschach test, with reactions telling us more about the reader than the poem itself.
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Let Me Not Love Thee If I Love Thee Not
In threatening God that he will find another master, George Herbert sounds like a five-year-old threatening to run away from his mother. Deep down, he is acknowledging that he has no choice but to love God.
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