Original poem reprinted online here: "Vision" by Robert Penn Warren Originally read: November 17, 2014 More information about the Poet: Robert Penn Warren Quatrains with adjusted lines. Furthermore the rhyme scheme alternates (abab) which portends the separation between man and nature in this poem. To me, this poem seems to be a riff on the pastoral. The poem starts off with the typical sentiment of the pastoral, "I shall build me a house where the lakspur blooms / In a narrow glade in an alder wood" note how specific the language is here with "laksupur" and "alder" which not only indicates a certain region, but also a certain commitment to the idea based in comfort. Even so, this speaker has thought out this idea maybe a bit too much, "Where the sunset shadows make violet glooms, / And a whip-poor-will calls in eerie mood." Note how direct thee speaker states "eerie mood" as though not to trust the images to depict such a...
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