Poetry for Students, Volume 29

Reibetanz, J. M., ‘‘The Reflexive Art in Richard Wilbur,’’ in
University of Toronto Quarterly, Spring 1998, pp. 592–612.
Reibetanz examines Wilbur’s poems, including
‘‘Love Calls Us to the Things of This World,’’
for the ways in which the metaphors contained
in them reflect Wilbur’s ideas about the art of
poetry in general.

Stone, Karen,Image and Spirit: Finding Meaning in Vis-

ual Art, Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2003.

In the same way that Wilbur finds spirituality

in laundry, Stone examines the visual arts and

reveals religious implications that are not read-

ily apparent.

Love Calls Us to the Things of This World