Subtext: Conversations about Classic Books and Films

Aesthetic Humility in Marianne Moore’s “The Jerboa” (Part 2)


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Wes & Erin continue their discussion of Marianne Moore’s poem, “The Jerboa,” first published in 1932, and whether power and wealth might paradoxically prove less abundant than the strictures of form and necessity.

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