A Good Idea Gone Bad
The poem critiques the theory of literature in Plato’s Republic. If fair Philosophy could be the kingand Poets only truth and goodness sing,that, Plato thought, would be the ideal state.So, Homer’s gone. His gods do…
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Alliterative Meter
The poem celebrates the alliterative revival inspired by Lewis and Tolkien. Few were the faithful fearless enoughTo tackle the task, tales unfoldingWith letters linked in lays of gloryAs Caedmon the…