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American Mastodon: The Strife of Love in a Dream
- Colorado Review
- Center for Literary Publishing
- Volume 47, Number 1, Spring 2020
- p. 153
- 10.1353/col.2020.0035
- Article
- Additional Information
Abstract:
This poem is one of many concerning a certain American Mastodon, who continues to enjoy many difficulties in spite of being extinct. It seems to concern an old subject, that is the clock on what one loves best. But it was provoked by reading a dreamlike allegory from late 15th century Venice, from whose earliest English translation the poem takes its subtitle.