The Axion Esti by Odysseas Elytis

The Axion Esti

Odysseas Elytis

111 pages first pub 1959 (editions)

fiction poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
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When Odysseus Elytis was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Swedish Academy's citation singled out The Axion Esti, first published in 1959, as 'one of twentieth-century literature's concentrated and richly faceted poems.'

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Moods

emotional 100%
reflective 100%
challenging 33%
hopeful 33%
inspiring 33%
sad 33%

Pace

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medium 33%
fast 33%

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