Allen Tate is a poet justly famed for his finesse, his sense of form. The work contained here reveals a new depth of feeling. The witty and satiric note is still struck, but in a number of poems, such as "Mother and Son" and "The Cross," the intellectual kernel is warmly, humanly embodied. The present volume also contains selections from an earlier book, including the celebrated "Ode to the Confederate Dead."
Allen Tate is a poet justly famed for his finesse, his sense of form. The work contained here reveals a new depth of feeling. The witty and satiric note is still struck, but in a number of poems, such as "Mother and Son" and "The Cross," the intellectual kernel is warmly, humanly embodied. The present volume also contains selections from an earlier book, including the celebrated "Ode to the Confederate Dead."