The subject of this poem is reborn as "the Genius of the shore" after drowning in a shipwreck.
John Crowe Ransom analogized the tension between poetry and prose in this poem to a duel between Mr. A and Mr. B that devolves into stone-throwing, in his essay "A Poem Nearly Anonymous." This poem laments that "the blind Fury with the abhorred shears… slits the thin-spun life," prompting Phoebus to touch its speaker's "trembling / ears" and declare that "Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil." Critics remain puzzled about this poem's image of a "two-handed engine at the door" that "Stands ready to smite once, and smite no / more." In its first stanza, the speaker tells "ye laurels" and "ye myrtles brown" that "I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude," then asks: "Who would not sing for" this poem's title character. The subject of this poem is reborn as "the Genius of the shore" after drowning in a shipwreck. For 10 points, name this pastoral elegy for Edward King, written by John Milton.
John Crowe Ransom analogized the tension between poetry and prose in this poem to a duel between Mr. A and Mr. B that devolves into stone-throwing, in his essay "A Poem Nearly Anonymous."
“Lycidas” &lt;Non-Epic Poetry&gt;