“As We Are So Wonderfully Done with Each Other”
“ ‘As We Are So Wonderfully Done with Each Other’ ” by Kenneth Patchen, from The Collected Poems of Kenneth Patchen, copyright © 1942 by Kenneth Patchen. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp.
Source: The Collected Poems of Kenneth Patchen (New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1968)
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Poet Kenneth Patchen 1911–1972
SCHOOL / PERIOD Beat
Subjects Relationships, Love, Romantic Love
Holidays Valentine's Day
Poetic Terms Aubade
Biography
Largely a self-taught writer, Kenneth Patchen never appeared to win widespread recognition from the professors at universities or many literary critics. As the New York Times Book Review noted, "While some critics tended to dismiss his work as naive, romantic, capricious and concerned often with the social problems of the 1930's, others found him a major voice in American poetry.... Even the most generous praise was usually . . .
Poems by Kenneth Patchen
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SUBJECT Relationships, Love, Romantic Love
SCHOOL / PERIOD Beat
Poetic Terms Aubade
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