Title: Macbeth with Fine Speeches
Product review: Jack Gilbert has about five or so poems in him, which he has written over and over, always sticking to the sure thing, not taking any chances.When his poems are good, they are very very good-- and when they are pompous and inflated, when you get the feeling that he often gets by by making his voice "big" rather than true, when he protests too much, postures and tries to put on grandeur as if it were a hat for the camera.... Well, you get the idea.There are some very good poems in this book, but the author's repertoire is pretty limited, his thoughts predictable, and his lifetime achievement slim.
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