For some reason, I didn't expect for religion, in one way or another, to take up all the space. Just as with Averno, I wasn't particularly interested in the themes but what appealed to me was the writing skills. Specifically, Louise Glück's ability to create a dialogue between the poems (which is a main point in a poetry collection but I feel like this has been a bit lost in 2010s collections), and through the metaphors.
In the end, I enjoyed my time reading The Wild Iris. My favourite poems are: "Early Darkness" and "Retreating Light".