Morgan, Edwin. "Glasgow Green".
Notes
- free verse, irregular stanza, irregular line
- describes a night in Glasgow full of shadows and implied threads
- begins to describe a scene of violent argument and cuts it off as unfinished
- states that this is not only a nightmare, this is life
- juxtaposes the night by the river Clyde and a peaceful day at the same place
- addresses Providence who watches both the positive and the negative aspects of life
- concludes with an image of symbolical defeat of the positive and victory of the negative
Basics
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Author
Morgan, Edwin. (b. 1920). -
Full Title
"Glasgow Green". -
Form
Poem.
Works Cited
Morgan, Edwin. "Glasgow Green". Collected Poems. Manchester: Carcanet Press, 1990.