In our sense of it, our sense of the fertilest red, We feel and, therefore, is not real, except Make any imaginings of them lesser things.Īnd yet this effect is a consequence of the way ![]() Too much as they are to be changed by metaphor, To be anything else in the sunlight of the room, Pink yellows, orange whites, too much as they are Say that it is a crude effect, black reds, Whether you agree with his overall point of view or not, Stevens poems often force you to consider your own view of reality. While Im often struck by individual lines or even individual poems in these long poems, the poems as a whole simply do not resonate with me, probably because I still remain unconvinced by Stevens view of the relationship between reality and imagination. ![]() ![]() It, like the immediately preceding volumes, is dominated by long, meditative poems on the relationship of reality, imagination, and poetry. Stevens The Auroras of Autumn is a rather short volume of poetry published in 1950.
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