Green Song and Other Poems

by Edith Sitwell

Sitwell, Edith. Green Song and Other Poems. First Edition. London, Macmillan & Co., 1944. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. 35 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with signs of external wear. Discolouration and small piece missing from dust-jacket. Signed by pre-owner. Includes for example the following Heart and Mind / Anne Boleyn's Song / Harvest / One Day in Spring / Invocation / 'O Bitter Love, O Death...' / Girl and Butterfly / 'Green Flows the River of Lethe-O' / A Mother to her Dead Child / Holiday etc. In the introduction to The Canticle of the Rose British poet Dame Edith Sitwell At the time I began to write, a change in the direction, imagery and rhythms in poetry had become necessary, owing to the rhythmical flaccidity, the verbal deadness, the dead and expected patterns, of some of the poetry immediately preceding us. Her early work was often experimental, creating melody, using striking conceits, new rhythms, and confusing private allusions. Her efforts at change were resisted, but, as the New Statesman observed, losing every battle, she won the campaign, and emerged the high priestess of twentieth-century poetry. (PoetryFoundation)

Genres: Poetry

49 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1946

About the author

Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell, DBE, was a British poet and critic.