Orpheus & Eurydice: A Lyric Sequence by Gregory Orr

Orpheus & Eurydice: A Lyric Sequence

Gregory Orr

80 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging reflective slow-paced

Description

How can I celebrate love/ now that I know what it does? So begins this booklength lyric sequence which reinhabits and modernizes the story of Orpheus, the mythic master of the lyre (and father of lyric poetry) and Eurydice, his lover who died and ...

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Moods

reflective 100%
emotional 80%
sad 60%
dark 20%
hopeful 20%
inspiring 20%

Pace

fast 50%
medium 33%
slow 16%

Average rating

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