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from First Book of Odes: 13. Fearful Symmetry
Basil Bunting, “13. Fearful Symmetry” from Complete Poems, edited by Richard Caddel. Reprinted with the permission of Bloodaxe Books Ltd., www.bloodaxebooks.com.
Source: Poetry (February 1932).
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Biography
Basil Bunting, described as "the last minor master of the modernist mode" by Donald Hall in the New York Times Book Review, achieved his greatest popularity in the mid-1960s as one of the leaders of the new British literary avant-garde. Bunting's work was not always well-received; much of his early writing went largely unnoticed for years due to a mistaken association with Mussolini. Ezra Pound, an admirer of Bunting's poetry, . . .
Poems by Basil Bunting
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Nature, Relationships, Pets, Arts & Sciences, Animals, Poetry & Poets, Humor & Satire
POET’S REGION England
SCHOOL / PERIOD Modern
Poetic Terms Free Verse
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