James Merrill
James Merrill
James Ingram Merrillwas an American poet whose awards include the Pulitzer Prize for Poetryfor Divine Comedies. His poetry falls into two distinct bodies of work: the polished and formalist lyric poetry of his early career, and the epic narrative of occult communication with spirits and angels, titled The Changing Light at Sandover, which dominated his later career. Although most of his published work was poetry, he also wrote essays, fiction, and plays...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 March 1926
CountryUnited States of America
Knowing some Greek helped defuse forbidding words - not that I counted much on using them. You'll find only trace elements of this language in the poem.