The moment that Dr. Sexson recited Stevens' poem in class I was taken aback. I do not know whether it was the way in which he recited it- with so much passion, or whether it was the poem itself I fell in love with. I am going to have to gamble and say that it was a brilliantly beautiful mixture of both.
"She sang beyond the genius of the sea"
Was her voice so beautiful that her song carried over the waves of the sea and all the chaos of Key West that surrounds it? Indeed, it was.
Wallace Stevens' poem uses a creative combination of both myth and realism to some extent by describing the realistic senses of nature (the sea) and the mythic through her song and the story itself. Imitation is also used cleverly in this poem through the mimic motion.
I am still working on memorizing this poem...I am optimistic that I shall!!! :)
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