archibald macleish brave new world summary and analysis

Voluntarily, as if it weren’t an object in need. He felt one step ahead of destiny, in someįine in between, and she had taken his arm When least sure of himself, as if bluster Let’s go there, he said, let’s try to give In fact, he was thinking only of himself, Isn’t every absence an event to be recorded? To these places where other children gather, Perhaps declared one or two alienable rights. I would have lagged with lack of interest, Is always looking for mirrors that give back Try to smile at how grotesque you become,Īnd, for my sake, tell her her grandfather To the fun house meant to distort and please. Of those rich refusals – what you held back,ĭear, for taking our granddaughter SamanthaĪnd I no longer wish to push kids toward heaven,

As you preferred,Īfter the news came, I took your Selected He received the Pulitzer Prize for his 2001 collection Different Hours.Ībruptly, out of respect.

Stephen Dunn’s most recent books of poetry are Lines of Defense (forthcoming in 2014), Here and Now (2011), What Goes On: Selected and New Poems 1995-2009 (2010) and Everything Else in the World (2008).

Archibald macleish brave new world summary and analysis