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Notes and Commentaries

Volume 05, Number 2 (1980)

Roberts' "Tantramar Revisited" and Lanier's "The Marshes of Glynn"

  • D.M.R. Bentley
Submitted
May 22, 2008
Published
1980-06-06

Abstract

Charles G.D. Roberts' "Tantramar Revisited" was probably influenced by Sidney Lanier's "The Marshes of Glynn." There are similarities of rhythm, image, and metaphor between the two poems. On the other hand, it is conceivable that the similarities are coincidental: both poets were enamoured of similar verse styles, and both were familiar with similar landscapes, particularly marshlands.