With their concern for the natural world, and their persistent exploration of the tension between spirit and matter, Mr. Eberhart’s poems hark back to the Romantic tradition of Blake and Wordsworth. (He parted company with full-blown Romanticism through his use of short lines and irregular rhythms.) His style typically married an almost naïve description of sensory images with an erudite intellectualism. Though some critics found this marriage forced, for others it succeeded far more often than not.
By MARGALIT FOX
New York Times
Published: June 14, 2005
