Serpent Upon a Rock

by Warren Stevenson

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Summary

In Serpent Upon a Rock, Warren Stevenson displays the perfect combination of romantic passion with classical restraint, integrating intellect with passion. Witty and ironic, the poems have a wonderfully organic sensibility that combines both ancient and modern voices. With a phrase or an image he can transport us from those ordinary moments in modern life to ancient Greece or a celebration of the solstice with William Blake.Warren Stevenson's poetry reflects his interest in romantic mythopoeia, including the myths of the androgyne and the Golden Age, as well as what Northrop Frye referred to as modern "powerful myths of alienation." The poems in Serpent Upon a Rock are sculpted out of stone to make a sympathetic and an open-hearted eloquence. Throughout the poems we hear the shattered echoes of civilization and the prophesies of Blake. The originality and the various technical resources Stevenson deploys in highly rhythmical and musical verse reveals a poet with a marvellous ear and vocal range, who has learned his craft well.

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