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- Title
"Still Going On": Temporal Adverbs and the View of the Past in Walcott's Poetry.
- Authors
Greenwood, Emily
- Abstract
The article examines temporal adverbs and the view of the past in Derek Walcott's poetry. Through his use of the past continuous tense and the temporal adverb, Walcott reminds his readers that works of art persist in the absence of their authors, and that literature and the literary tradition continue, beyond mortal generations. His obvious use of temporal adverbs also allows Walcott's concept of time to infuse and inform. He establishes subtle and unobtrusive relationships between present and past, adding depth of field to the view of the past that is offered in the metaphors.
- Subjects
WALCOTT, Derek, 1930-2017; OMEROS (Poem : Walcott); ADVERBS (Grammar); ART &; literature; TIME
- Publication
Callaloo, 2005, Vol 28, Issue 1, p132
- ISSN
0161-2492
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/cal.2005.0014