Merlin
a poem
Gelesen von Phil Schempf
Edwin Arlington Robinson’s Merlin revisits the Arthurian legend in verse, bringing the wizard and the world of Camelot into a poetic retelling.
Rather than presenting the legend as a simple sequence of adventures, Robinson’s poem offers a literary interpretation of its familiar mythic material. Its form and language make it a work for listeners interested in poetry as well as in Arthurian stories.
Published in 1917, Merlin is best approached as a verse treatment of legend, not as a modern prose fantasy. The source provides little detail about its particular episodes, so this description does not specify plot events beyond its Merlin-and-Camelot premise.