Strivings Poems 19721976 Author:William Radice William Radice's second book shows him to be a natural story-teller as well as a vigorous and inventive poet. In these extended poems he catches a variety of people at critical points in the relationships through which they strive towards self-knowledge and understanding of their roles in life. From the violin-playing tramp in `Epithalamium' to ... more »the retired watch-mender in `Two Meditations', the remarkable personalities of David and Mary, or the imagined historical character of the Irish landowner who dramatizes Goldsmith's `The Deserted Village' - all the characters are finely realized, and their predicaments are sympathetically presented. The vitality of Radice's language matches his skill in narrative and lyric forms.« less