This poem's subject was described as "the determining focus of relation" by Helen Vendler.
This poem's subject was described as "the determining focus of relation" by Helen Vendler. The third section of this poem refers to an event as "a small part of the pantomime", while a later section describes icicles filling a window with "barbaric glass" and "the mood" tracing "in the shadow / an indecipherable cause". The speaker of this poem can't decide whether to prefer "the beauty of (*) inflections or the beauty of innuendoes", and claims to know "noble accents / and lucid, inescapable rhythms". Its seventh section mentions the "thin men of Haddam", while its fourth section notes that "a man and a woman and" the title creature "are one". For 10 points, name this Wallace Stevens poem about various perspectives on a certain avian.
This poem's subject was described as "the determining focus of relation" by Helen Vendler.
"Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird"