| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce: place by the weight of the captain; it was now held by that
of the sergeant. At a signal from the former the latter
would step aside, the plank would tilt and the condemned man
go down between two ties. The arrangement commended itself
to his judgement as simple and effective. His face had not
been covered nor his eyes bandaged. He looked a moment at
his "unsteadfast footing," then let his gaze wander to the
swirling water of the stream racing madly beneath his feet.
A piece of dancing driftwood caught his attention and his
eyes followed it down the current. How slowly it appeared
to move! What a sluggish stream!
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge |
The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from The Man against the Sky by Edwin Arlington Robinson: as granted. . . . A man with something to say that has value and beauty.
His thought is deep and his ideas are high and stimulating."
-- ~Boston Transcript~.
By the same author
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The Porcupine: A Drama in Three Acts
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Edwin Arlington Robinson's comedy "Van Zorn" proved him to be
one of the most accomplished of the younger generation of American dramatists.
Of this play the ~Boston Transcript~ said, "It is an effective presentation
of modern life in New York City, in which a poet shows
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