anthology of modern poetry pdf s

And these stars, do they still wait To nurture with silk a thousand needles? For both anthropol- ogists and modern poets, Western religion now became one of numerous interrelated mythologies-the "dying god," Jesus Christ, but one "three-days' personage" in Stevens's phrase among many. This is how the world is. Nevertheless I for your sake, you for my sake, and they for your sake, you for their sake: why did we pledge upon our lives, why did we keep vigil in the streets on snow-falling nights? It must be emphasized, h o w e v e r , that the influence of the W e s t mainly pointed out new directions and awakened poets to n e w methods, new ideas and new possibilities.

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