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Ranking the Wishes (Penguin Poets) Paperback - 1997
by Dennis, Carl
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- Paperback
In his seventh book, poet Carl Dennis explores the ways in which our wishes define who we are. Showing how wishes are essential to giving shape and direction to the moment, these poems address the broad spectrum of wishing with moving clarity through a rich variety of genres elegy, advice, meditation, warning, consolation, and prophecy.
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Details
- Title Ranking the Wishes (Penguin Poets)
- Author Dennis, Carl
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 96
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date 1997-06-01T00:00:01Z
- Bookseller's Inventory # H103
- ISBN 9780140587791 / 0140587799
- Weight 0.26 lbs (0.12 kg)
- Dimensions 8.44 x 5.51 x 0.31 in (21.44 x 14.00 x 0.79 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96044352
- Dewey Decimal Code 811.54
Summary
In his seventh book, Carl Dennis explores the ways in which our wishes - those in our power to fulfill at any moment and those that have no chance of ever being realized - define who we are. While some of the poems view wishing as a failure to do justice to the world we have, others regard it as a recognition that no present, however rich, can satisfy the imagination, and suggest that one of the functions of poetry is to keep significant wishes alive. In showing with moving clarity how wishes are essential to giving shape and direction to the moment, these poems make use of a rich variety of genres: elegy, advice, meditation, warning, consolation, and prophecy.