Quote by: Alice Oswald

One of the rules of Greek lament poetry is that it mustn't mention the dead by name in case of invoking a ghost. Maybe the 'Iliad,' crowded with names, is more than a poem. Maybe it's a dangerous piece of the brightness of both this world and the next.


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Author Bio


  • NameAlice Oswald
  • DescriptionPoet
  • Born1966
  • ProfessionPoet
  • AwardsCholmondeley Award; Eric Gregory Award