The Secret Meaning of Things: Poetry

by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Book Overview

The Secret Meaning of Things has all the elements of his earlier poetry: lyrical intensity, wit, social concern, satirical bite, and above all a classical claritas. But it goes much further: there is a deepening of vision and a darker understanding of "our clay condition." The six long poems in The Secret Meaning of Things show a progressive continuity and clarity of perception that apprehends both the hard reality and luminous irreality in everyday...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811200450
• ISBN13: 9780811200455
• Release Date: January 1968
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.2" x 7.7"