Word: tetel
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...seems nearly lost- the function of making thoughts clearer than ever words were meant to make them. The more enjoyable poems are the simpler: the richly oriental "And in the Hanging Gardens"; the ironic "The Wedding" (of Arachne with her prey) ; The vampire in Woman, "Electra" and the brave "Teteléstai": I am no King, have laid no kingdoms waste, Taken no princes captive, led no triumphs Of weeping women through long watts of trumpets; Say, rather, I am no one or an atom. . . . . . . Well, what then? Should I not hear, as I lie down in dust, The horns...
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