This poem is by William Fulford. In the first eight stanzas, Fulford uses
paratactic lists to show fear’s movements among mankind. The
ninth stanza, hearkening back to the images of Adam’s fall in the
first stanza, shifts to a fear of the divine, the natural result of
Man’s arrogance and feelings of superiority over the natural
world.
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Scholarly Commentary
Guest Editor: PC Fleming
Introduction
This poem is by William Fulford. In the first eight stanzas, Fulford uses paratactic lists to show fear’s movements among mankind. The ninth stanza, hearkening back to the images of Adam’s fall in the first stanza, shifts to a fear of the divine, the natural result of Man’s arrogance and feelings of superiority over the natural world.
Printing History
First printed in The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine , March, 1856.