It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid. Meaning: the dead person George Gray was searching the meaning of his life when he was alive. William Marion Reedy, owner, publisher and editor of the magazine revealed the poems' true authorship in November 1914, after 21 weekly entries. The deceased residents of Spoon River, Illinois, reflect on their lives, recounting their stories.
The poems were attributed initially to the pseudonym Webster Ford. To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, Spoon River Anthology originally was published in serial form in Reedy's Mirror from until January 5, 1915. The speakers tell of their hopes and ambitions and of their bitter, unrealized lives. They are spoken from beyond the grave by former residents of a dreary, confining small town like those Masters himself had known during his Illinois boyhood. Yet all the while I hungered for meaning in my life.Īnd now I know that we must lift the sail The Spoon River Anthology is a collection of 245 free-verse epitaphs in the form of monologues. Sorrow knocked at my door, but I was afraid Īmbition called to me, but I dreaded the chances. For love was offered me and I shrank from its disillusionment I've never been an ardent fan of poetry, though, and this one, while a good read, did nothing to change that.Ī boat with a furled sail at rest in a harbor.īut my life.
While there were some meaningful poems and well-developed characters, there were quite a few sections that I did not care for at all. Spoon River Anthology Book of poems about a town called Spoon River All poems have the a persons name as a title The book bears out the interactions among. It's a collection of free-verse poems, crafted as epitaphs of the former citizens of the Midwestern town Spoon River. His collection of short poems, The Spoon River Anthology, is perhaps his most famous contribution to the art and was composed late on in life when he was. Not a bad book, but not one I would read again or recommend to others.
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