 |
| Robinson Jeffers' Hawk Tower |
Timeless
art is a silhouette embossed on a backdrop of things that never die.
Immortality
takes liberty and lends enchantment to works that are wedged by a theme of
permanence. Art with a note of continuity possess characteristics that breach
generational chasms with timeless messages. It is the piece of clothing left
behind after the author is caught up on "Time's winged
chariot".
Robinson Jeffers lists
two items as the resource of poetry-the lasting qualities that sustain a
resonance of impressions in a reader's mind long after the poem is read and the
book closed.
One
is Permanent things, the other is similar yet, unique, Things
forever renewed.
I
believe the twosome is for the most part, self explanatory and presents itself
to the mind of the reader. Nevertheless, I will take the liberty to touch on
details a little bit.
"Permanent
things or things forever renewed like the grass and human passions, are the
materials of poetry; and whoever speaks across the gap of a thousand years will
understand that he has to speak of permanent things, and rather clearly too, or
who would hear him?"
The
upshot of this is that this is also true of other forms of writing like fiction
– stories and novels and so on. Shakespeare's works remain relevant to
contemporary taste and a big chunk of the credit, besides artistic merit goes
to the universal themes of love, betrayal, revenge and the others
which characterize Shakespearean literature.
Homer's Iliad is
pregnant with pungent subjects of bravery, of lust for wealth and power, of
hubristic, you name it. These are problems the race of man will battle world
without end as long as there are men on the face of the earth.
We
can create a pattern for our writing from these examples. There are lots and
lots of cases, of course. Think back to your childhood years-some may have to
think longer and harder than most of us. Remember all the stories that have
grown up with you and, you see where I'm coming from.
Keep
your pen bleeding!
Akpan
Related articles
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment
Feedbacks welcome and appreciated.