The legacy by Dick Hank

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Author Hank, Dick
Title The legacy
Original Publication New York, NY: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1961.
Credits Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Summary "The Legacy" by Dick Hank is a contemplative narrative poem written in the early 1960s. This work explores the aftermath of a catastrophic event, presumably nuclear war, reflecting on humanity's legacy in a devastated world. Through its experimental blank verse style, the book touches on themes of loss, remembrance, and the search for meaning amid destruction. In this poignant vignette, the last man on Earth traverses a barren landscape littered with remnants of civilization. As he walks through the wreckage of what was once a thriving world, he grapples with the implications of human existence and its legacy. The story paints a somber picture of a world where beauty and purpose have been lost, and the protagonist is determined to preserve the memory of humanity. He collects artifacts of everyday life and places them in a vault, inscribing on the wall an acknowledgment of what has been lost and a fundamental question about humanity's forgotten faith. The final lines poignantly highlight a failed promise, asking how humanity could truly save itself, thus ending the poem on a note of existential inquiry. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Science fiction
Subject Short stories
Subject Apocalyptic fiction
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EBook-No. 73147
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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