DDCPoetry

Original poem reprinted online here: "Indian Stream Republic" by Stephen Burt Originally read: May 19, 2013 More information about the Poet: Stephen Burt This poem, in tercets, opens up with a very sentimental thought, "No one should be this alone--" which is a huge risk because I as a reader am searching (and dismissing) the emotional pull of the piece which may or may not go well.  However, rereading this poem, this is the only place where the poem is sentimental and serves like the conclusion of the poem.  What this poem does is goes from the current to the past in very formal language in order to earn the sentimental gambit stated in the beginning. The change on how to read the poem happens in the third line with the image of "prepotent verticals".  The mixture of choice diction and visuals refocuses the sentiment.  In the second stanza the scene changes to the "present" in which there's a hunting lodge and moose at this area. In stanza t...