That too was met with critical and financial rejection. It was not until almost thirty years after his death that he was reassessed to receive the stature he deserves.Īfter about a decade of writing novels, and being rejected, Melville turned to poetry. Melville, after early success with his romanticized sailing adventures-which were a comingling of biography and tall tale-turned to serious fiction, and though in retrospect he has been revised to be considered one of the great American novelists, in his day was met with both critical and financial rejection. Yes, this is the famous Herman Melville, author of the great-and to some-greatest American novel, Moby Dick. In honor of Memorial Day, I wanted to present a poem that captured the ultimate sacrifice of our military, and this poem by Herman Melville was intriguing and fit the bill.
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