Parts of Us
By (Author) Thomas Shapcott
University of Queensland Press
University of Queensland Press
1st March 2010
Australia
General
Non Fiction
821.3
Paperback
132
Width 128mm, Height 197mm, Spine 9mm
138g
In Parts of Us, Thomas Shapcott demonstrates why he remains one of the country's leading poets. Poetic styles in the volume range from sonnet sequences to long lyrical meditations, from dramatic monologues to more confessional works. The poems are often amusing or evocative portrayals of everyday things, but they also offer probing political rancour and melancholy deliberation. This memorable collection contains a sense of love faded, or love that has itself deteriorated, and that aspect of the work is brave and powerful. Parts of Us is imbued with verve, curiosity and elegant inquiry.
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