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Book Synopsis"The first thing I recognize as the beginning of a poem," writes Richard Pevear, "is a distinct rhythm, not only of stress but of movement. Once I hear it, I can find words for it. But the essential thing, finally, is simultaneity--the completion of a shape, a thought, an emotion, a figure, all at the same time. The Trojan War, the figures of Greek
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. v*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. vii*To Autumn, pg. 3*Double Labor, pg. 4*Energy, pg. 5*Speech, pg. 6*Lykaon, pg. 7*For a Political Prisoner, pg. 8*The Gardener, pg. 9*Summer and the Sorgue, pg. 10*Wild Asters, pg. 11*Return of the Light, pg. 12*Summer Storm, pg. 13*The Beautiful Acceptance, pg. 15*Mnemosyne, pg. 17*Motion and Rest, pg. 18*Little Acmeist Elegy, pg. 20*Waiting, pg. 21*Offering, pg. 22*Les Illumines, pg. 23*The City, pg. 24*Talisman, pg. 25*Prehistory, pg. 26*Two Russian Goat Songs, pg. 29*Epilogue, pg. 32*Provisional Ode, pg. 33*In Exile, pg. 35*Building as Farming, pg. 36*Auberge de Peyrebeilhe, pg. 37*Balin le Savage, pg. 38*A Romanesque Carving, pg. 40*"You lie back ... ", pg. 43*"A harvest of our days ...", pg. 44*Still Life, pg. 45*"Quiet night...", pg. 46*For You, from Elsewhere, pg. 47*"I remember ... ", pg. 48*"Not the long winters ...", pg. 49*"Dazed from too much ...", pg. 50*"A domed hive ... ", pg. 51*"Midsummer night...", pg. 52*In a Country House, pg. 53*"Almond eyes ... ", pg. 54*"Time has been rich ... ", pg. 55*"I looked in your eyes ... ", pg. 56*You, Here?, pg. 57*From the Old Welsh, pg. 58*La Beale Isode, pg. 59*The Stars Again, pg. 60*"The change I had foreseen ...", pg. 61*December 24, 1976, pg. 62*The Visit, pg. 63*Night Talk, pg. 64
