293 , but Professor Bloom takes as the theme “ the possibility of breaking out of
cycle ” ( p . ... Admittedly , too , a serpent of eternity even more common than the
ouroboros enjoys renewal as it seasonally sheds its skin ( see Hellas , 1060 –
1063 ) . ... s relation to God can be seen in a clause of Bloom ' s larger , more
valuable discussion of the poet in an earlier book . ... In my view , the thorns of life
have everything to do with these , in at least the three senses that the poet ' s
experience ...
Author: Carl Woodring
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
ISBN: UOM:39015002350638
Category: English poetry
Page: 385
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