Oscar Wilde was an Irish poet\/writer who grew up with both literary and professional parents and had a wife, Constance and two children. Although seemingly a typical childhood and marriage, Wilde\u2019s fame included his criminalized homosexuality, which was seen as unacceptable at the time, which led him to live out his days imprisoned. Wilde belonged to and spoke for the aesthetic movement in Europe. While he is even more famous now for his works, his works were very popular towards the end of his life and career, more so in America than in England, although he did receive backlash for his personal life, which led to some controversies in his work. His greatest successes were his society comedies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While I do not find Oscar Wilde\u2019s writing to be particularly \u201cwild,\u201d I do think that some may have believed he was a \u201cwild\u201d writer in his day due to how many of his poems discuss difficult topics, like death. This such topic is the topic of his poem \u201cRequiescat,\u201d in which he describes someone mourning the death of a woman they loved at the cemetery. The first stanza of the poem reads:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTread lightly, she is near<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under the snow,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speak gently, she can hear<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The daisies grow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think this poem has some wild aspects because Wilde speaks about the dead as if \u201cshe can hear,\u201d suggesting that perhaps she could be a ghost. Although it sounds to me that he is speaking of a ghost, this suggestion could also be referring to the afterlife of religion, which was very popular at the time. I personally think his writing itself is not often to be considered wild, but I do think that it is \u201cwild\u201d how often he writes about sad and controversial things in different lights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anna Ranslem<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Oscar Wilde was an Irish poet\/writer who grew up with both literary and professional parents and had a wife, Constance and two children. Although seemingly a typical childhood and marriage, Wilde\u2019s fame included his criminalized homosexuality, which was seen as … Continue reading