description Midsummer Overview
Midsummer is Derek Walcott's 1984 poetry collection, a sequence of poems that joins Caribbean memory, travel, art, and the calendar's turning point.
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Midsummer ranks #335 of 745 in the Poetry Collection ranking, behind North by Seamus Heaney, ahead of The Beauty of the Husband.
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How good is Midsummer?
Midsummer scores 8.40/10 (Great) on Lunoo, making it a well-rated option in the Poetry Collection category. Important Walcott long sequence, critically praised for autobiographical and historical breadth, slightly less canonical than Omeros.
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See our alternatives page for Midsummer for a ranked list with scores. Top alternatives include: Sonnets to Orpheus, Poem Without a Hero, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
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