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- Title
'Big Poems Burn Women': Fredy Neptune's Democratic Sailor and Walcott's Epic Omeros.
- Abstract
The article critiques the poem "Fredy Neptune," by Australian poet Les Murray, comparing it with the poem "Omeros," by Derek Walcot for themes of complicity and guilt. It discusses the political relevance of the poem, explores the use of metaphors and puns in the poetry, and notes the connection between "Fredy Neptune" and the Christian epoc "Divina Commedia," by Dante.
- Subjects
GUILT in literature; FREDY Neptune (Poem); MURRAY, Les, 1938-2019; OMEROS (Poem : Walcott); WALCOTT, Derek, 1930-2017; DIVINE Comedy, The (Poem : Dante); DANTE Alighieri, 1265-1321
- Publication
Australian Literary Studies, 2001, Vol 20, Issue 2, p87
- ISSN
0004-9697
- Publication type
Poetry Review