Collected Earlier Poems of Anthony Hecht

Collected Earlier Poems of Anthony HechtBy: Anthony Hecht THE VENETIAN VESPERS (1979) In its clear eyed mercy toward human weakness, Anthony Hechts poetry goes from strength to strength. The Venetian Vespers is at once an intense corroboration and an ample extension of his subtle, supple talents. Nothing humane is alien to him There is a handful of short poems that are fostered alike by beauty and fear. But it is the four long poems that confirm Hecht as a poet of the widest apprehensions

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Duty Free is a delightful romp through Pakistani high society -- though

he gives his daughter bedtime stories his grandmother told him

the plans finally approved for a plaza and museum

a revolutionary painter

stretching from the North Pole to the South Pole and from North America to Africa

With one foot in the ocean and one on land

- How long a beard can grow

the choice to run

and geography

The factory manager

happily takes him under her wing