Word: barthalow
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Isolt, to the sense of tragedy which is present from the beginning, to the recurrent beat of waves which one hears continually throughout the poem, rolling "in a long wash of foam." It is free from those vested paradoxes and curious analogies which made so many pages of "Roman Barthalow" boring or even absurd! Mr. Robinson has here an anthem at all times worthy of his theme. There are occasional exceptions, but they are unimportant and are enormously overbalanced by the many passages in which the poetry is successful. One of the surest signs of Mr. Robinson's rank...
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