The Scarlet Ibis, Section VII Comments

i stumbled upon this. i'm not 'into' metaphor. so who actually wrote this poem? a PH member or not? bri :)

I strongly agree with Hannah Newman! The book The Scarlet Ibis, from which this excerpt was taken, is a book of genius, which we read in my poetry seminar at Berkeley and was lauded by our professor as perhaps the finest use of metaphor in a poetry book that he had ever seen. Through metaphor it tells a fascinating story that you will not forget!

The Scarlet Ibis is one of the finest poetry books of the last twenty years (per my Lit professor at Penn and per me) and this intriguing excerpt supports that statement. I highly recommend the book - which features an extraordinary story replete with brilliant use of metaphor - to all serious readers of poetry.