Ithaca

Ithaca consists of sixty sonnets divided into two equal parts, "e;Ithaca"e; and "e;Gifts Reserved for Age."e; In Homer's Odyssey, Ithaca is the island home to which the hero returns after twenty years of war and perilous adventures. In Lehman's "e;Ithaca"e; sequence, two phrases are strategically repeated, with variations: "e;Happy the man who . . ."e; and "e;What did he believe in?"e; I...