"She has reversed the roles of thou and Thou / not as a display of power but to force out of herself some pity / for this soul trapped in glass, / which is her true creation."
— Carson, Anne (b. 1951)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
New Directions
Date
1995
Metaphor
"She has reversed the roles of thou and Thou / not as a display of power
but to force out of herself some pity / for this soul trapped in glass, / which is her true creation."
Metaphor in Context
[...] She has reversed the roles of thou and Thou
not as a display of power
but to force out of herself some pity
for this soul trapped in glass,
which is her true creation.
(p. 35)
not as a display of power
but to force out of herself some pity
for this soul trapped in glass,
which is her true creation.
(p. 35)
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Anne Carson, Glass, Irony, and God (New York: New Directions, 1995).
Date of Entry
07/17/2010
