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Holmes
was a part of many different and overlapping worlds. His poetry and other
literary endeavors constitute one such world, but there were also worlds
of family, friends, colleagues, his lifetime relationship with Tufts, as
well as the realities of the larger world. These exhibits provide insights
into some parts of Holmes' world, primarily through his poetry. |
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Writing
Poetry: Biographies of Poems |
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As
a teacher and mentor of young poets, Holmes was concerned about imparting
the work of writing poetry to his students. Using drafts and notes as well
as letters and sketches which are contained in the collection, this exhibit
traces the evolution of several poems from first draft to finished product. |
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Writing
Poetry: Poetry Notebook |
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Up
until the late 1940s, Holmes composed drafts of many of his poems by hand
in a series of bound notebooks. The contents of this late notebook have
been scanned for presentation here. |
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Map
of My Country
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One
of Holmes' longer and more complex poems, "Map of My Country"
became the title poem of his third book of verse, published in 1943. In
1954, Holmes created an extensively annotated version of the poem, which
is reproduced here. |
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Along
the Row |
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Along
the Row, Holmes' first book of verse, first appeared in 1929, when Holmes
was a student in his final year at Tufts College. Holmes' poems about his
time at Tufts were later paired with photographs of the campus taken by
faculty member Melville H. Munro. Here, the poems and pictures have been
supplemented with audio recordings to open a window onto Tufts as it was
in 1929. |
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