Darwin And Poe Poem by Douglas Scotney
Darwin And Poe
Born 1809, Jan 19 and Feb 12.
In 'The Raven' by Poe,
Athena is called by her by-name Pallas.
There's a bust of her over the door.
The dead one he adores
is the by-name of Helen -
Lenore.
With by-names the go,
Charles Robert Darwin might be the raven;
evolution is perhaps Nevermore.
Somehow I sense a symbiosis between Darwin and Poe. Poe treaded that dark path teetering on death, Darwin also in a completely different way. By, By-names and sur-names so the poet and evolutionist go.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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5/2/2024 2:10:45 AM # 1.0.0.1119
Let us not forget the goddess, of course, or Achilles might come a knocking!