For As Far as the Eye Can See

Robert Melançon

Summary

144 "lite sonnets" of 12 lines each (three stanzas of four lines)Melancon is inspired by Du Bellay and other poets of the French Renaissance, whose work he teaches at the University of MontrealAlso inspired by contemporary Quebecois poets, including Paul-Marie LapointeIs a seasonal cycle of poems (influenced by the Petrarchan sonnet cycles of Du Bellay and Ronsard, but also annual poetic "calendars," i.e. Spenser's "Shepheardes Calender"): they start and end in winter, and meditate on the cycles of birth, death, and artAesthetic influenced by visual movements: Impressionism (an interest in falling light, in snow, in textured landscapes), and Cubism (an interest in geometric forms, the static representation of motion, angles of vision)Melancon is also known as a translator of 20th-century English-Canadian poets, including F.R. Scott and A.M. Klein.

Available since: 03/29/2013.

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