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Shine, Perishing Republic
"Shine, Perishing Republic" is a poem by the American writer Robinson Jeffers, first published in 1925 in the collection ''Roan Stallion, Tamar, and Other Poems''. It describes an increasingly corrupt American imperialism, American empire, which it advises readers to view through the naturalizing perspective of Social cycle theory, social cycles. Jeffers wrote two companion poems in the 1930s: "Shine, Republic" and "Shine, Empire". Background Robinson Jeffers wrote "Shine, Perishing Republic" in 1921–1922. Structure and summary "Shine, Perishing Republic" consists of five couplets and each line has nine or ten stressed syllables. The first two couplets establish Jeffers' assessment of the contemporary United States. The third couplet explains his view of the relationship between history and nature. The last two couplets cover what this means for the individual and the family. Jeffers opens up with the metaphor of a mold and a molten mass to signify the vulgar American culture a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robinson Jeffers
John Robinson Jeffers (January 10, 1887 – January 20, 1962) was an American poet, known for his work about the central California coast. Much of Jeffers's poetry was written in narrative and epic form. However, he is also known for his shorter verse and is considered an icon of the environmental movement. Influential and highly regarded in some circles, despite or because of his philosophy of "inhumanism", Jeffers believed that transcending conflict required human concerns to be de-emphasized in favor of the boundless whole. This led him to oppose U.S. participation in World War II, a stance that was controversial after the U.S. entered the war. Life Jeffers was born January 10, 1887, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (now part of Pittsburgh), the son of Reverend Dr. William Hamilton Jeffers, a Presbyterian minister and scholar of ancient languages and Biblical history, and Annie Robinson Tuttle. His brother was Hamilton Jeffers, a well-known astronomer who worked at Lick Observator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
