Averno by Louise Glück

Averno

Louise Glück

96 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
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Averno is a small crater lake in southern Italy, regarded by the ancient Romans as the entrance to the underworld. That place gives its name to Louise Glück's tenth collection: in a landscape turned irretrievably to winter, it is a gate or passage...

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Moods

reflective 89%
emotional 67%
dark 40%
mysterious 26%
sad 26%
inspiring 20%
challenging 18%
hopeful 12%
relaxing 7%
tense 6%
adventurous 3%
funny 1%

Pace

medium 48%
fast 27%
slow 23%

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4.21

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