THE CYCLE OF SEASONS: AN ANALYSIS OF LOUISE GLÜCK'S SELECTED POEMS (original) (raw)

Abstract

The world we live in today has become fast-paced, complex, and uncertain with unprecedented environmental, social, and cultural events. This escalating complexity necessitates an alternative way to study and intervene in our world. Nowadays, it is seen that ecological degradation is going on in each and every part of the world. This essay discusses the idea of "Seasons" to reflect upon environmental concerns of the 21st century. It intends to focus on seasons like summer, winter, spring, and autumn to enhance readers' awareness of their physical surroundings through an analysis of Louise Glück's selected poems. The essay will examine Glück's use of the seasons along with landscape imagery, such as gardens, plants, fruits, flowers, animals, etc. to focus on how literature and the natural world collaborate and how humans interact with their surroundings. It includes attempts to theorize the representation by emphasizing relationality in human-environmental interactions. Further, it will highlight the way Glück uses season as a metaphor to see people and their changing lives.

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