The Wild Iris

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The Wild Iris is a Pulitzer Prize–winning poetry collection by Louise Glück that meditates on nature, spirituality, and the cycles of life and loss.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
author Louise Glück ⓘ
awarded Pulitzer Prize for Poetry ⓘ
awardYear 1993 ⓘ
contributedTo Louise Glück winning the Nobel Prize in Literature recognition ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception widely acclaimed ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
nature poetry ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ
hasForm dramatic monologue ⓘ
lyric sequence ⓘ
hasMotif light and darkness ⓘ
prayer and liturgy ⓘ
seasonal change ⓘ
hasTheme cycles of life ⓘ
faith and doubt ⓘ
human relationship with the divine ⓘ
loss ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
nature ⓘ
spirituality ⓘ
isPartOfAuthorCareerPhase middle period of Louise Glück's work ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement contemporary American poetry ⓘ
narrativePerspective multiple speakers ⓘ
notablePoem Clear Morning ⓘ
Matins ⓘ
Retreating Wind ⓘ
Snowdrops ⓘ
The Wild Iris ⓘ
Vespers ⓘ
publicationYear 1992 ⓘ
publisher The Ecco Press ⓘ
setting garden ⓘ
speakerType divine voice ⓘ
human speaker ⓘ
personified plants ⓘ
style austere ⓘ
meditative ⓘ
philosophical ⓘ
subjectMatter dialogue between humans and the divine ⓘ
suffering and renewal ⓘ
voice of flowers and plants ⓘ
timePeriodOfComposition late 20th century ⓘ

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The Wild Iris → notablePoem → The Wild Iris ⓘ