The wooden Pegasus

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The wooden Pegasus

by Edith Sitwell

EN·~54 minutes·37 chapters

Chapters

37 total

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

1:35

SINGERIE

1:07

THE AVENUE

1:01

MANDOLINE

1:30

“COMEDY FOR MARIONETTES” (To I. C. P.)

1:40

FALSETTO SONG

0:24

EVENTAIL

0:44

FIFTEEN BUCOLIC POEMS - I WHAT THE GOOSEGIRL SAID ABOUT THE DEAN

11:46

SEVEN NURSERY SONGS - I OLD LADY FLY-AWAY

3:22

PEDAGOGUES AND FLOWER-SHOWS - I

0:56
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Description

A kaleidoscopic journey unfolds in a chorus of bright, absurdist verses that feel as if a carnival has slipped into a dream. The narrator mingles with masquerade figures—Pantaloon, Scaramouche, a bright‑tongued parrot—while music erupts from piano keys and mandolines, turning streets into shimmering scores. Each line swirls with colour, texture and the unexpected, inviting listeners to map a landscape where melody and madness fuse.

The collection moves through a series of vivid tableaux: a glassy avenue where shadows dance on ivory and ebony, a summer afternoon in a fiery underworld, and a parade of whimsical nursery songs that echo with both humor and melancholy. Themes of performance, identity and the thin line between order and chaos flicker beneath the decorative excess, offering a playful yet thoughtful meditation on the nature of art itself. Listeners will find themselves carried by the rhythmic surge, feeling the pulse of a world that is at once familiar and delightfully unhinged.

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Language

en

Duration

~54 minutes (52K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Charlene Taylor, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Release date

Jul 5, 2020

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Edith Sitwell

Edith Sitwell

1887–1964

Known for her bold voice, theatrical flair, and musical language, this British poet helped push English poetry in a more experimental direction. Her work ranged from witty, dazzling early verse to later poems shaped by war, faith, and compassion.

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