D.H. Lawrence wrote a Preface for a book that had already
been out and in circulation. His
reasoning was that it gave readers a time with the book to figure out for
themselves what exactly the book meant.
It is almost condescending that he is writing this preface later. It is as if he is saying, "for those of
you who weren't smart enough to figure this out... here you go." This preface is very interesting in that most
of it sounds like a free-verse poem. The
words used and comparisons made are very interesting. The word nude is used several times. It is referring to honesty and openness. Free-verse is compared to birds and
fire. When a bird is in the wind and in
flight, it is in that moment free.
Free-verse allows writers to be spontaneous and flexible like a flame. Walt Whitman is introduced in this
preface. It is said that Whitman is so
close to that urgent moment that he is so neat the quick that poets that strive
to make a proper free-verse fear his ability to be so close to this
"perfection".
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