Averno by Louise Glück

Averno

Louise Glück

96 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective medium-paced

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Averno is a small crater lake in southern Italy, regarded by the ancient Romans as the entrance to the underworld. That place gives its name to Louise Glück's tenth collection: in a landscape turned irretrievably to winter, it is a gate or passage...

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Moods

reflective 91%
emotional 65%
dark 41%
mysterious 25%
sad 21%
inspiring 19%
challenging 15%
hopeful 14%
relaxing 8%
tense 7%
adventurous 5%
funny 2%
informative 1%

Pace

medium 50%
slow 26%
fast 22%

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